Bazaar
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A '''bazaar''' ({{lang-fa|'''بازار'''}}), ({{lang-tr|pazar, bazar}}) is a permanent merchandising area, [[marketplace]], or street of shops where goods and services are exchanged or sold. The word derives from the Persian word ''bāzār'', the etymology of which goes back to the [[Middle Persian|Pahlavi]] word ''baha-char'' ('''بهاچار'''), meaning "the place of prices".<ref>{{cite web
| url = http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/bazaar
| title = bazaar
| accessdate = 2007-02-17
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</ref> Although the current meaning of the word is believed to have originated in [[Persia]], its use has spread and now has been accepted into the vernacular in countries around the world.<ref>{{cite web
|url=http://dsal.uchicago.edu/cgi-bin/philologic/getobject.pl?c.0:1:171.hobson
|title=BAZAAR s. H. &c. From P. bāzār, a permanent market or street of shops.
|publisher=University of Chicago
|accessdate=2007-07-19
}}</ref>
== Examples ==
* [[The Grand Bazaar, Istanbul]]
* [[Bazaar of Tabriz|Bazaar of Tabriz, Iran]]
* [[Khan El-Khalili|The Old Bazaar in Cairo]]
* [[Tehran's Grand Bazaar]]
* [[Bazaar of Isfahan|Bazaar of Isfahan, Iran]]
* [[Chandni Chowk]] [[Delhi]]
* [[Chor Bazaar]] [[Mumbai]]
* [[Zaveri Bazaar]] [[Mumbai]]
* [[Anarkali Bazar]] [[Lahore]]
* [[Walled City of Lahore|Bazars of Walled city of Lahore]]
* Hampi Bazaar[http://www.hampi.in/hampi-bazaar.htm], the 15th century ruined market of [[Vijayanagara]] capital
* [[Dordoy Bazaar]], [[Bishkek]], [[Kyrgyzstan]]
<gallery widths="180px" perrow="2">
Image:Esfahan bazaar entrance.jpg|One of several entrances of the [[Bazaar of Isfahan|Isfahan Bazaar]]
Image:Bd bazaar.jpg|Bazaar in [[Bangladesh]]
Image:Paharganj main bazaar.jpg|Bazaar in [[Delhi]], [[India]]
Image:Istanbul grand bazar 1.jpg|[[Grand Bazaar, Istanbul|Grand Bazaar]], [[Istanbul]]
</gallery>
==See also==
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* [[Souk|Suq]]
* [[Wet market]]
==References==
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==External links==
*[http://www.iranchamber.com/architecture/bazaar_of_isfahan1.php Iran Chamber Society on Architecture of the Bazaar at Isfahan]
*[http://www.1911encyclopedia.org/Bazaar 1911 Britannica article "Bazaar"]
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