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Definition: Bazaar |
BazaarNoun1. A shop where a variety of goods are sold. 2. A street of small shops (especially in Orient). 3. A sale of miscellany; often for charity; "the church bazaar". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "bazaar" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1832. (references) |
Note: Bazaar \Ba*zaar"\ Bazar \Ba*zar"\(b[.a]*z[aum]r"), noun. [Per. b[=a]zar market.]. (references) |
| Domain | Definition |
Computing | Bazaar n.,adj. In 1997, after meditating on the success of Linux for three years, the Jargon File's own editor ESR wrote an analytical paper on hacker culture and development models titled The Cathedral and the Bazaar (http://www.tuxedo.org/~esr/writings/cathedral-bazaar/). The main argument of the paper was that Brooks's Law is not the whole story; given the right social machinery, debugging can be efficiently parallelized across large numbers of programmers. The title metaphor caught on (see also cathedral), and the style of development typical in the Linux community is now often referred to as the bazaar mode. Its characteristics include releasing code early and often, and actively seeking the largest possible pool of peer reviewers. After 1998, the evident success of this way of doing things became one of the strongest arguments for open source. Source: Jargon File. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Synonyms: BazaarSynonyms: bazar (n), fair (n). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Mart | Noun: mart; market, marketplace; fair, bazaar, staple, exchange, change, bourse, hall, guildhall; tollbooth, customhouse; Tattersall's. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Bazaar |
| English words defined with "bazaar": book fair, bookfair, Burse. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "bazaar": kernel-of-the-week club ♦ open source. (references) |
| Non-English Usage: "Bazaar" is also a word in the following languages with English translations in parentheses. Afrikaan (bazaar, fair, market), Dutch (bazaar, fair, fancy fair, jumble-sale, market). |
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Screenplays | It's my opinion that if this case is handled in the same slick-ass, Persian bazaar, fast food manner with which you seem to handle everything else, it's my opinion that something would be missed (A Few Good Men; writing credit: Aaron Sorkin) | |
Lyrics | All the bazaar men by the Nile (Walk Like An Egyptian; performing artist: The Bangles) And the bazaar man by the Nile (Walk Like an Egyptian; performing artist: The Bangles) | |
Tongue Twisters | Betty and Bob brought back blue balloons from the big bazaar. (references; author: unknown) | |
Movie/TV Titles | Bazaar Band Karo (1974) Kaala Bazaar (1960) Satta Bazaar (1959) Maya Bazaar (1958) Chor Bazaar (1954) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | ||
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 | Whig bazaar. Credit: Library of Congress. |  | The main street in the bazaar at Caubul [sic] in the fruit season. Credit: Library of Congress. |
 | Best & Co., business on Boylston St., Boston, Massachusetts. Liliputian bazaar. Credit: Library of Congress. |  | National allied bazaar Mechanics Bldg. Boston December 9 to 20 / / Libbie Printing Co., Boston. Credit: Library of Congress. |
 | National allied bazaar Mechanics Bldg. Boston December 9 to 20 / / Libbie Printing Co., Boston. Credit: Library of Congress. |  | The east in cooperation with the Attica Survival Committee presents -- Remember Attica : a benefit concert and bazaar ... Credit: Library of Congress. |
 | Bazaar. Credit: Library of Congress. | ||
Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits. | |||
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| "Bazaar" by Attila Bujtas Commentary: "Just drop a mail if you need this picture in higher resolution." | "Bazaar Del Mundo 2" by Erika Thorpe Commentary: "Bazaar Del Mundo, Old Town San Diego." |
Source: photographs selected by the editor, with permission from the photographers. | |
| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Business | Several well-known magazines such as BAZAAR, Cosmopolitan, CLEO, and Arch were translated and introduced into Taiwan five years ago. The Chinese version of National Geographic, Popular Science and the Madame Figaro are being introduced into the Taiwan market January 2001. Syndication is a very successful method of widening the periodicals market in Taiwan. (references) | |
Economic History | Nepal | The nearest access road to the headwork site is Sanfe Bazaar - Martadi Road, which is currently under construction. (references) |
Bangladesh | It is frequently located in a crowded bazaar area near other shops carrying similar goods and is likely to be small. (references) | |
Pakistan | Such stores are generally located in bazaar areas and tend to be situated near many other shops carrying similar goods. (references) | |
Human Rights | Pakistan | For example, on August 20, 1 person was killed and 15 persons were injured when a bomb exploded near a communal water tap in the Dhabi Bazaar area of Lahore. (references) |
Afghanistan | In October there were credible reports that Taliban troops fired rockets into the middle of a crowded bazaar killing 2 civilians and injuring 16. There were unconfirmed reports in November that foreign Taliban soldiers killed approximately 400 Afghan Taliban soldiers attempting to defect to the Northern Alliance in the city of Kunduz. (references) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| "Bazaar" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 91.02% of the time. "Bazaar" is used about 167 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 91.02% | 152 | 25,494 |
| Noun (proper) | 6.59% | 11 | 106,044 |
| Lexical Verb (base form) | 2.4% | 4 | 175,879 |
| Total | 100.00% | 167 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| Hyphenated Usage | |
Beginning with "bazaar": bazaar-i. | |
Ending with "bazaar": mini-bazaar. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day | Expression | Frequency per Day |
bazaar | 305 | bazaar craft | 13 |
harper bazaar | 189 | bazaar railroad | 12 |
bazaar magazine | 45 | ananda bazaar patrika | 11 |
world bazaar | 42 | the cathedral and the bazaar | 11 |
bazaar icon | 40 | bazaar record | 11 |
barbie bazaar | 37 | baby bazaar | 10 |
bizarre bazaar | 34 | grand bazaar | 10 |
bazaar novelty | 32 | bazaar indian | 9 |
matia bazaar | 32 | bazaar party | 9 |
international bazaar | 27 | i bazaar | 8 |
bazaar royale | 26 | bazaar recipe | 8 |
harper bazaar magazine | 25 | ever quest bazaar | 8 |
bazaar india | 21 | bazaar big t | 8 |
the sex bazaar | 19 | attar bazaar | 7 |
bazaar russian | 18 | bazaar bazaar | 7 |
home bazaar | 17 | bazaar drum | 7 |
bazaar virginia | 16 | bazaar picture | 7 |
e bazaar | 16 | bazaar big | 7 |
bazaar car | 15 | bazaar novelty vancouver | 7 |
bazaar del mundo | 14 | barbie bazaar magazine | 6 |
bridal bazaar | 6 | ||
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Language | Translations for "bazaar"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Afrikaans | mark (fair, market, marketplace), afdelingswinkel (department store, warehouse), bazaar (fair, market), basaar (fair, market). (various references) | |
Albanian | pazar (bargain, fair, market, marketplace, mart, rag fair). (various references) | |
Arabic | سوق خيرية (fair, jumble), سوق شرقية, دكان (shop, store, storehouse). (various references) | |
Bulgarian | разпродажба (bazar, clearance, clearing, sale, sellout), чаршия (bazar), голям магазин (bazar, warehouse), ориенталски пазар (bazar), безистен (arcade, bazar), базар (bazar). (various references) | |
Chinese | 義賣會 , 义卖市场, 商場 (market). (various references) | |
Czech | bazar. (various references) | |
Danish | torv (fair, market, marketplace). (various references) | |
Dutch | marktplein (fair, market, marketplace), marktplaats (fair, market, marketplace), markt (fair, market, marketplace, sales activity), bazaar (fair, fancy fair, jumble-sale, market). (various references) | |
Esperanto | bonfara vendo (fancy fair, jumble-sale), bazaro (fair, market), ĉiovendejo. (various references) | |
Farsi | بازار (Forum, Market, Mart, Plaza). (various references) | |
Finnish | basaari, myyjäiset (sale of work). (various references) | |
French | bazar, foire. (various references) | |
Frisian | supermerk (supermarket). (various references) | |
German | basar (bring-and-buy, fair, market). (various references) | |
Greek | παζάρι (bargain, bargaining, marketplace). (various references) | |
Hawaiian | pazar (fair, market, marketplace). (various references) | |
Hebrew | בזר. (various references) | |
Hungarian | bazár (bazar, fair, market). (various references) | |
Indonesian | pasar amal. (various references) | |
Italian | bazar (fair, market). (various references) | |
Japanese Kanji | バイヤー法 (all-terrain vehicle, baccalaureat, bacteria, bacteriophage, Bagdad, baggy look, bagpipe, baguette, basilisk, bass, bassoon, bath, baumkuchen, Bayer process, bilingual, bind, binder, binding, bounce, bound, bow side, bucket, budget, bug, bug fix, bug list, bug report, bugbear, buggy, bus, by-line, holidays, honey wagon, pail, sand buggy, surf clam, vacation, vacuum, vacuum car, vacuum cleaner, vagabond, vagina), 勧工場 (fair). (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | バザール , バザー , かんこうば (fair). (various references) | |
Manx | basar. (various references) | |
Norwegian | torg (fair, market), samvirkelag (warehouse). (various references) | |
Papiamen | bazar (fair, market). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | azaarbay.(various references) | |
Polish | dom handlowy. (various references) | |
Portuguese | bazar (fair, market, sale, toyshop). (various references) | |
Romanian | bazar (bazar, fair, repository). (various references) | |
Russian | базар (fair, market, marketplace). (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | bazar (market place), dobrotvorni sajam. (various references) | |
Spanish | bazar (fair, market, variety store). (various references) | |
Swahili | soko (fair, market, marketplace). (various references) | |
Swedish | basar, krambod (fair, market). (various references) | |
Turkish | pazar (market, market place, mart, outlet, staple, sun, Sunday), çarxi (fair, market), çarşı (arcade, fair, market, mart, souk). (various references) | |
Turkmen | bazar. (various references) | |
Ukrainian | універсальний магазин, базар, благодійний базар. (various references) | |
Vietnamese | chỗ bán hàng phúc thiện (bazar). (various references) | |
Welsh | basa+r, nodachfa. (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "bazaar": bazaars. (additional references) | |
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"Bazaar" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: abaar, Abqar, azahari, Azara, Azwar, Azzara, baaa, Baaaaaa, baazar, Babacar, Bacalar, Bacar, Badawai, Bakaar, Basari, Basavaraj, Basaza, bazaat, bazair, bazan, bazarr, bazier, Bazza, bazzar, Bazzaro, Besar, Beshara, bezar, Bhaskara, bizaar, bizaare, bizar, Bizjak, Bizkaia, Bizouard, bizzaar, bozar, Bozeat, Bozidar, Nazara, Yazar. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "bazaar" (pronounced buzÄ"r) |
| 5 | b u z Ä" r | Bazar, bizarre. |
| 3 | -z Ä" r | czar, tsar. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-a-a-b-r-z" | |
-1 letter: bazar, braza. | |
-3 letters: aba, arb, baa, bar, bra. | |
-4 letters: aa, ab, ar, ba. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-a-a-b-r-z" | |
+1 letter: bazaars. | |
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