Bazaar - Definition and Overview

A bazaar is a market, often covered, typically found in areas of Muslim culture. The word bazaar comes from the Persian word bāzār, whose etymology goes back to the Pahlavi word baha-char meaning "the place of prices".

Examples include:

• The Grand Bazaar, Istanbul
• Bazaar of Isfahan, Iran
• Bazaar of Tabriz, Iran

See also

• The Cathedral and the Bazaar, an essay on the workings of open-source development. "The bazaar" is a metaphor for decentralized collaboration.
• Denpasar, capital of Bali, Indonesia.
• Harper's Bazaar
• Namche Bazaar, Nepal
• Melayu Pasar or "Bazaar Malay" was a trade pidgin that was one of the sources of the standard Malay and Indonesian languages.
• A suq is the commercial quarter of an Arab city

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