bazaar
/bəˈzɑː(r)/noun
उच्चारण बज़ार
बाज़ार
Core word
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a street market, especially in the Middle East or South Asia; a sale to raise money for charity
बाज़ार
- Chandni Chowk bazaar
- We bought spices and cloth at the old bazaar.
- The bazaar was full of colour, noise and the smell of spices.
+ 2 more examples
- Every Sunday the village bazaar attracts hundreds of people.
- The school held a charity bazaar to raise money for books.
§Structures (grammar patterns) 5
bazaar (countable noun)
A bazaar is a market of many small shops; the plural is bazaars. In India it is a common word for a busy shopping area.
'Bazaar' कई छोटी दुकानों वाला बाज़ार है; इसका plural 'bazaars' है। भारत में यह व्यस्त खरीदारी-क्षेत्र के लिए आम शब्द है।
- The old bazaar is full of spice shops.
- Radhika bought bangles in the Hyderabad bazaar.
in / at / through the bazaar
Use in for being within the market, at for a meeting point, and through for moving across it.
बाज़ार के भीतर होने के लिए 'in', मिलने के स्थान के लिए 'at' और उसके आर-पार जाने के लिए 'through' का प्रयोग होता है।
- We wandered through the bazaar for an hour.
- Let's meet at the bazaar gate.
charity bazaar / a sale of work
A bazaar can also be a fair held to raise money for charity, such as a school or church bazaar.
'Bazaar' दान के लिए धन जुटाने के उद्देश्य से लगे मेले को भी कहते हैं, जैसे school या church bazaar।
- The school held a bazaar to raise funds for flood victims.
bazaar vs bizarre
Bazaar (a market) and bizarre (very strange) sound alike but are different words.
'Bazaar' (बाज़ार) और 'bizarre' (बहुत अजीब) एक जैसे सुनाई देते हैं, पर अलग शब्द हैं।
- The bazaar was crowded, but nothing there looked bizarre.
bazaar vs market vs mall
A bazaar is a traditional market of small shops and stalls; a market may be a single place for buying and selling; a mall is a modern covered building.
Bazaar छोटी दुकानों और ठेलों का पारंपरिक बाज़ार है; market खरीद-बिक्री का कोई भी स्थान हो सकता है; mall आधुनिक ढका हुआ भवन है।
- We bought brass lamps in the bazaar and clothes in the mall.
+Collocations 4
adjective + bazaar
crowdedbusyoldweeklycolourful
- The weekly bazaar comes up every Thursday.
verb + bazaar
visitbrowsehaggle instroll throughset up
- Tourists love to browse the bazaar for souvenirs.
bazaar + noun
stallstreettraderpricelane
- A bazaar trader offered us a discount.
type of bazaar
spiceclothflowerstreetcharity
- The spice bazaar smelled of cardamom and cloves.
“More examples 6
- The bazaar comes alive in the evening.
शाम को बाज़ार जीवंत हो उठता है।
- She bargained hard for a silk dupatta in the bazaar.
उसने बाज़ार में रेशमी दुपट्टे के लिए खूब मोल-भाव किया।
- Narrow lanes of the old bazaar were packed with festival shoppers.
पुराने बाज़ार की संकरी गलियाँ त्योहार की खरीदारी करने वालों से भरी थीं।
- The college organised a charity bazaar for the orphanage.
महाविद्यालय ने अनाथालय के लिए एक दान-मेला आयोजित किया।
- You can find brass lamps in almost every bazaar of Moradabad.
मुरादाबाद के लगभग हर बाज़ार में आपको पीतल के दीये मिल जाएँगे।
- During Diwali, the bazaar stays open until midnight.
दीवाली के दिनों में बाज़ार आधी रात तक खुला रहता है।
!Common mistakes 1
✗ The bizarre was full of shoppers.
✓ The bazaar was full of shoppers.
Bizarre means strange; the market is a bazaar.
'Bizarre' का अर्थ अजीब है; बाज़ार के लिए 'bazaar' आता है।
⌂Word origin and word building
Word origin: bazaar comes from Persian 'bāzār'.
शब्द-उत्पत्ति में bazaar फ़ारसी 'बाज़ार' से आया है।