Bazaar

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For version control system named Bazaar, see Bazaar (software). For other uses, see Bazaar (disambiguation).
Mozaffarieh: An alley in Tabriz Bazaar devoted to carpet selling.
Grand Bazaar, Istanbul
Bazaar near Arg-e Bam, Iran
An example of a historical Bazaar with mountains in the backdrop.
Vakil Bazaar as seen by Jane Dieulafoy in 1881

A bazaar (Hindi: बज़ार्, Bengali: বাজার, Persian: بازار‎, Arabic: بازار‎, Urdu: بازار, Turkish: pazar, Macedonian: пазар, Bulgarian: пазар, Serbian: pazar, Polish: bazar, Russian: базар, Uzbek: bozor, Malay: pasar, Albanian: pazar, Greek: παζάρι (pazari), Cypriot Greek: pantopoula[1]) is a permanent[citation needed] merchandising area, marketplace, or street of shops where goods and services are exchanged or sold. The term is sometimes also used to refer to the "network of merchants, bankers and craftsmen" who work that area.[2] The word derives from the Persian word bāzār, the etymology of which goes back to the Middle Persian word baha-char (بهاچار), meaning "the place of prices".[3] 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.[4] The rise of large bazaars and stock trading centers in the Muslim World allowed the creation on new capitols and eventually new empires. New and wealthy cities such as Istanbul, Isfahan, Golconda, Samarkand, Cairo, Baghdad, Timbuktu were founded along trade routes and bazaars.[5]

In North America and the United Kingdom, the term can be used as a synonym for a "rummage sale", to describe charity fundraising events held by churches or other community organizations, in which donated, used goods, such as books, clothes, and household items are sold for low prices, or else the goods may be new and handcrafted (or home-baked), as at a church's Christmas bazaar.

The bazaar has been the subject of many books, including: The Persian Bazaar: Veiled Space of Desire (Mage Publications) by Mehdi Khansari and The Morphology of the Persian Bazaar (Agah Publications) by Azita Rajabi.

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[edit] Examples

[edit] Australia

Ingleburn Bazaar (held annually during the Ingleburn Festival).

[edit] Iran

[edit] Afghanistan

[edit] Azerbaijan

[edit] Bangladesh

[edit] Bosnia and Herzegovina

[edit] China

[edit] Egypt

[edit] India

Laad Bazaar near Charminar, Hyderabad, India

[edit] Kyrgyzstan

[edit] Macedonia

[edit] Pakistan

[edit] Sri Lanka

[edit] Syria

[edit] Turkey

[edit] Kazakhstan

[edit] Gallery

[edit] See also

[edit] References

  1. ^ Christou, Jean, "Linguist makes the island a little smaller for all", Cyprus Mail, May 27, 2006
  2. ^ ("the Bazaar (the complex network of merchants, bankers and craftsmen who make up the heart of the traditional Islamic city)") from Introduction to Shi'i Islam, Momen, Moojan, (Yale University Press, 1985), p.200]
  3. ^ "bazaar". http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/bazaar. Retrieved 2007-02-17. 
  4. ^ "BAZAAR s. H. &c. From P. bāzār, a permanent market or street of shops.". University of Chicago. http://dsal.uchicago.edu/cgi-bin/philologic/getobject.pl?c.0:1:171.hobson. Retrieved 2007-07-19. 
  5. ^ [1][dead link]

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