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Bazaar

A bazaar is a market, often covered, typically found in areas of Muslim culture. The word derives from the Persian 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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