A bazaar is a permanently enclosed marketplace or street where goods and services are exchanged or sold. The term originates from the Persian word bāzār, from Middle Persian wāzār, from Old Persian vāčar, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *wahā-čarana. Souq is another word used in the Middle East for an open-air marketplace or commercial quarter. The term bazaar is sometimes also used to refer to the "network of merchants, bankers, and craftsmen" who work in that area. Although the current meaning of the word is believed to have originated in native Zoroastrian Persia, its use has spread and now has been accepted into the vernacular in countries around the world. The rise of large bazaars and stock trading centers in the Muslim World allowed the creation of new capitals and eventually new empires. New and wealthy cities such as Isfahan, Golconda, Samarkand, Cairo, Baghdad, and Timbuktu were founded along trade routes and bazaars. Street markets is the European and North American equivalents.
The origin of the word Bazaar comes from Persian language. Many languages have names for this concept, including Arabic and Urdu: بازار, Kurdish language has the same word bazaar meaning a marketplace. Albanian, Bosnian and Turkish: pazar, Assamese: বজাৰ (bôzar), Bengali: বাজার ,Odia: ବଜାର, Bulgarian and Macedonian: пазар, Cypriot Greek: pantopoula, Greek: παζάρι (pazari), Hindi: बाज़ार, Hungarian: vásár (term originates from Persian influence around the 7th-8th century and means a regular market, but special occasion markets also exist, such as Karácsonyi Vásár or "Christmas Market", and bazár or Oriental-style market or shop, the term stemming from Turkish influence around the 16th-17th century), Indonesian and Malay: pasar, Armenian: բազար, Georgian: ბაზარი, Polish: bazar, Russian: базар, Ukrainian: базар and Uzbek: bozor,Uyghur: بازار ULY:bazar,базар.
In North America, the United Kingdom and some other European countries, the term can be used as a synonym for a "rummage sale", to describe charity fundraising events held by churches or other community organizations in which either donated used goods (such as books, clothes, and household items) or new and handcrafted (or home-baked) goods are sold for low prices, as at a church or other organisation's Christmas bazaar, for example. In South Korea, the word '바자회', composed of '바자' (transliteration of 'bazaar') + 회 (會, meaning 'gathering') is used to describe the sort of rummage sale described above.
Although Turkey contains many famous markets known as "bazaars" in English, the Turkish word "pazar" refers to an outdoor market held at regular intervals, not a permanent structure containing shops. English place names usually translate "çarşı" (shopping district) as "bazaar" when they refer to an area with covered streets or passages. For example, the Turkish name for the Grand Bazaar in Istanbul is "Kapalıçarşı" (gated shopping area), while the Spice Bazaar is the "Mısır Çarşısı" (Egyptian shopping area).
Ingleburn Bazaar (held annually during the Ingleburn Festival)
Shah Bazaar, Kandahar
Shor Bazaar, Kabul
Grand Bazaar, Herat
Mazari Bazaar, Mazari Sharif
Olander Bazaar, Yllib
Khan Bazar, Khankendi
Kolkhoz (or Merkezi) Bazaar (Kolkhoz (Central) Bazaar), Sumgait
Kohna Bazaar (Old Bazaar), Ganja
Ortulu Bazar, Shamakhi
Sharq Bazaar (East Bazaar), Baku
Sharq Bazaar (East Bazaar), Sumgait
Pasaj Bazary, Aghdam
Teze Bazar (New Bazaar), Baku
8 Kilometre Bazaar, Baku
Yashil Bazar (Green Bazaar), Baku
Yeni Bazar, Shaki, Azerbaijan
Zanbil Bazar (Basket Bazaar), Nakhchivan
Bhairab Bazaar, Kishoreganj District
Badshahi Chawk Bazaar, Dhaka
Dasherjangal Bazaar, Shariatpur District
Kachukhet Bazaar, Dhaka
Karwan Bazaar, Dhaka
Kazir Dewri, Chittagong
Shanti Nagar Bazaar, Dhaka
New Market Kacha Bazaar, Dhaka
Malibagh Bazaar, Dhaka
Banani Bazaar, Dhaka
Khilkhet Kacha Bazaar, Dhaka
Mohakhali Bazaar, Dhaka
Amin Bazaar, Dhaka
Moulvibazar, Moulvibazar Sadar Upazila, Moulvibazar District
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Baščaršija, Sarajevo
Kujundžiluk, Mostar
Grand Bazaar, Urumuqi, Xinjiang
Monday Bazaar, Upal, Xinjiang
Sunday Bazaar, Kashgar, Xinjiang
Khan el-Khalili, Cairo
Harbour City Bazaar
Petit Bazaar
Old City of Jerusalem - there are many Bazaars in the Christian, Muslim and Jewish Quarters. the Armenian one does not include Bazaar of its own.
Mahane Yehuda, Central Jerusalem
Old City of Acre Bazaar
Old City of Nazareth Bazaar
Burra Bazar, Kolkata
Bowbazar, Kolkata
Laad Bazaar, Hyderabad
Sultan Bazar, Hyderabad
Begum Bazar, Hyderabad
Shahran Bazaar, Hyderabad
Meena Bazaar, Delhi
Chawri Bazaar, Delhi
Khan Market, Delhi
Arul Bazar, Delhi
Bhindi Bazaar, South Mumbai
Chandni Chowk,Delhi
Chor Bazaar, Mumbai
Zaveri Bazaar, Mumbai
Pondy Bazaar, Chennai
Palika Bazaar, Delhi
Burma Bazaar, Chennai
Sanjay Bazaar, Jaipur
Bapu Bazaar, Jaipur
Johari Bazaar, Jaipur
Nehru Bazaar, Jaipur
Sadar Bazaar, Agra
Gandhi Bazaar, Bengaluru
Choudhury Bazaar, Cuttack
Unit-1 BadaMarket, Bhubaneswar
Nua Bazaar, Cuttack
Gole Bazaar, Sambalpur
Bari Bazaar, Munger
Lalganja Bazaar, Uttar Pradesh
Chess Bazaar, Mohali, Punjab
Sadar Bazaar, Delhi
Pasar Gambir, now Jakarta Fair, Jakarta
id:Pasar Baru, Jakarta
id:Pasar Turi, Surabaya
id:Pasar Beringharjo, Yogyakarta
id:Pasar Semawis, Semarang
id:Pasar Gede Harjonagoro, Surakarta
Bazaar of Borujerd
Tabriz Bazaar, Tabriz
Kerman Bazaar, Kerman
Kermanshah Bazaar, Kermanshah
Vakil Bazaar, Shiraz
Kashan Bazaar, Kashan
Tehran Bazaar, Tehran
Sanandaj Bazaar, Sanandaj
Isfahan Bazaar, Isfahan
Qaisarieh Bazaar, Isfahan
Kohneh Bazaar, Abadeh
Khan Bazaar, Yazd
Kok Bazaar, Almaty
Central Bazaar, Aktobe
Baraholka, Almaty
Souq Almubarikiyya
Dordoy Bazaar, Bishkek
Osh Bazaar (Osh)
Osh Bazaar, Bishkek
Bazaars and Souks of Old Cities of Tripoli - The ancient city of Tripoli has two separate old towns, both of which have large, well preserved souks, bazaars and khans of various specialties.
Souk of Old Quarter of Byblos
Souk of Old Quarter of Jounieh
Souk of Old Quarter of Aley
Bazaars and Souks of Old City of Sidon - The ancient, Southern city of Sidon has a large and well preserved old town that is divided into the Muslim, Christian and Jewish quarters, each of which contains souks, bazaars and khans of various specialties.
Souk of Old City of Tyre
Beirut Souks - After sustaining irreparable damage during the country's civil war, Beirut's ancient souks have been completely modernized and rebuilt while maintaining the original ancient Greek street grid, major landmarks and street names.
Old Bazaar, Bitola
Old Bazaar, Prilep
Old Bazaar, Skopje
Old Bazaar, Tetovo
Bukit Beruang Bazaar, Malacca
Bazar Bukakbonet Gelang Patah,Johor Bahru
Namche Bazaar, Namche
Purano Bazaar,KTM
Naya Bazaar, KTM
Bishal Bazaar,Pokhara
Anarkali Bazaar, Lahore
Dhak Bazaar, Shikarpur
Naulakha Bazaar, Lahore
Urdu Bazaar, Lahore
Mochi Gate Bazaars, Walled City of Lahore
Qissa Khawani Bazaar, Peshawar
Moti Bazaar, Rawalpindi
Chowk Bazaar, Multan
Urdu Bazaar, Multan
Urdu Bazaar, Rawalpindi
Urdu Bazaar, Sargodha
Raja Bazaar, Rawalpindi
Sarafa Bazaar, Rawalpindi
Shahi Bazaar, Hyderabad
Sarafa Bazaar, Hyderabad
Resham Bazaar, Hyderabad
Urdu Bazaar, Karachi
Tariq Road Bazaar, Karachi
Sarafa Bazaar, Karachi
Jodia Bazaar, Karachi
Meena Bazaar, Karachi
Bohri Bazaar, Karachi
Soldier Bazaar, Karachi
Zainab Market, Karachi
New Bazar, Novi Pazar
Madawala Bazaar
Al-Buzuriyah Souq in Damascus
Al-Hamidiyah Souq in Damascus
Souq Atwail in Damascus
Souq Al Buzria in Damascus
Mathaf Al Sulimani in Damascus
Midhat Pasha Souq in Damascus
Souq Al-Attareen (Perfumers' Souq) in Aleppo
Souq Khan Al-Nahhaseen (Coopery Souq) in Aleppo
Souq Al-Haddadeen (Blacksmiths' Souq) in Aleppo
Suq Al-Saboun (Soap Souq) in Aleppo
Suq Al-Atiq (the Old Souq) in Aleppo
Al-Suweiqa (Suweiqa means "small souq" in Arabic) in Aleppo
Suq Al-Hokedun (Hokedun means "spiritual house" in Armenian) in Aleppo
Gulistan Bazaar, Ashgabat
Altyn Asyr Bazaar, Ashgabat
(These are bazaars in the English sense of the word and are referred to as "çarşı" in Turkish).
Arasta Bazaar, Istanbul
Grand Bazaar, Istanbul
Spice Bazaar, Istanbul
Kemeraltı, İzmir
Mahmutpaşa Bazaar, Istanbul
Silk Bazaar, Bursa
Uzun Carsi (The Long Bazaar), Bursa
Acik Carsi (The Openair Bazaar), Bursa
Chorsu Bazaar, Tashkent
Siyob Bazaar, Samarkand
