noun
also ba·zar bəˈzär, -ˈzȧ(r
( -s )
Etymology: Persian bāzār, alteration of Middle Persian bāchār, from Old Persian abēcharish
1. : an Oriental market place or market that usually consists of rows of shops or stalls where all kinds of goods are offered for sale
the mock Rajah is reduced to going about the bazaar and the villages soliciting alms — J.G.Frazer
2.
a. : a place or establishment (as a large hall) for the sale of goods (as fine fabrics and odd knickknacks)
days were spent in the big bazaars where already the Christmas stocks were beginning to fill the counters — Winifred Bambrick
b. : a departmentalized retail store : department store
the great city bazaar crushed its country rivals with branch stores — Edward Bellamy
3. : a fair for the sale of useful and ornamental articles especially for charitable or religious ends
one of those nabobs … first thought of helping the local church by means of a bazaar — Ernest Weekley