Bazaar Bazaar A bazaar is a permanently enclosed marketplace or street where goods and services are exchanged or sold. The term originates from the Persian word "bāzār". The term bazaar is sometimes also used to refer to the "network of merchants, bankers and craftsmen" who work in that area. 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. In Balinese, the word "pasar" means "market." The capital of Bali province, in Indonesia, is Denpasar, which means "north market." "Souq"
Spice Bazaar Spice Bazaar The Spice Bazaar (Turkish: Mısır Çarşısı, meaning Egyptian Bazaar) in Istanbul, Turkey is one of the largest bazaars in the city. Located in the Eminönü quarter of the Fatih district, it is the most famous covered shopping complex after the Grand Bazaar. There are several documents suggesting the name of the bazaar was first "New Bazaar". The building was endowed to the foundation of the New Mosque, and got its name "Egyptian Bazaar" () because it was built with the revenues from the Ottoman eyalet of Egypt in 1660. The word "mısır" has a double meaning in Turkish: