Bazaar city and South Asian life. A number of bazaar districts have been listed as World Heritage sites due to their historical and/or architectural significance. Visiting a bazaar or souq has also become a popular tourist pastime. The origin of the word "bazaar" comes from Persian "bāzār". from Middle Persian "wāzār", from Old Persian "vāčar", from Proto-Indo-Iranian "*wahā-čarana". The term, bazaar, spread from Persia into Arabia and ultimately throughout the Middle East. In North America, the United Kingdom and some other European countries, the term can be used as a synonym for a "rummage sale", to describe charity fundraising events held
Letter (alphabet) the surrounding letters or etymology of the word. Regional accents have a significant effect; the letter "a" can range from five to twelve sounds depending on the origin of the speaker. As an example of positional effects, the letter "c" is pronounced [k] before "a, o, u," or consonants (e.g. "critical"), but is pronounced [s] before "e," "i," or "y" (e.g. "democracy"). Conversely, the same phoneme may be shared by more than one letter, as shown by the "c" and "s" in "fence" and "tense". A pair of letters designating a single phoneme is called a digraph. Examples of digraphs