Bazaar Meaning
/bəˈzɐː/Definition, CEFR level C1, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.
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Definition
nounA marketplace, particularly in the Middle East and South Asia, and often covered with shops and stalls.
nounA shop selling articles that are either exotic or eclectic.
Sentence Examples
The bazaar ended a great success.
Tomorrow let's go to the morning bazaar.
Every Sunday afternoon, I go to the bazaar.
CEFR Practice Quiz
During the annual fair, the bustling ____ was filled with colorful stalls selling handmade crafts and spices.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
We bought some exotic spices and rare fabrics at the local town ____.
Word Origin & History
From Middle French bazar or Italian bazar, from Ottoman Turkish بازار (bazar), from Persian بازار (bâzâr).
Literary Quotations & Historical Citations
"...quoting a paragraph from the Morning Post which announced the intention of Lady Anne Granard, with her beautiful daughters, to preside at one of the stalls, at a grand fancy bazaar, in Kemp Town, which was expected to be the gayest scene and the most splendid assemblage of royalty and nobility ever beheld in Brighton."
— 1842, [anonymous collaborator of Letitia Elizabeth Landon], “(please specify the page)”, in Lady Anne Granard; or, Keeping up Appearances. […], volume II, London: Henry Colburn, […], →OCLC, pages 129–130:
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CEFR Practice Quiz
During the annual fair, the bustling ____ was filled with colorful stalls selling handmade crafts and spices.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
We bought some exotic spices and rare fabrics at the local town ____.