Bazaar

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A bazaar (Persian/Urdu: بازار; Hindi: बाज़ार, Turkish: pazar, Greek: παζάρι (pazari), Cypriot Greek and Turkish: pantopoula^[1]) 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 word baha-char (بهاچار), meaning "the place of prices".^[2] 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.^[3] In North America, 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] Bangladesh

Bhairab Bazaar, Kishoreganj District
Chawlk Bazaar, Chittagong.
Dasherjangal Bazaar, Shariatpur District
Kachukhet Bazaar, Dhaka.
Karwan bazaar, Dhaka.
Shanti Nagar Bazar, Dhaka.

[edit] Bosnia and Herzegovina

Baščaršija, Sarajevo
Kujundziluk, Mostar

[edit] Egypt

Khan el-Khalili, Cairo

[edit] India

[edit] Iran

[edit] Kyrgyzstan

Dordoy Bazaar, Bishkek

[edit] Macedonia

Old Bazaar, Bitola
Old Bazaar, Skopje

[edit] Pakistan

[edit] Sri Lanka

Madawala Bazaar

[edit] Turkey

[edit] Gallery

Entrance to the Bazaar of Isfahan, off of Naqsh-e Jahan Square	Oranges in Peshawar, Pakistan	Produce on display in Bangladesh
Main Bazaar in Paharganj, Central Delhi	Grand Bazaar, Istanbul	Clothing bazaar in Herat, Afghanistan