Bazaar

Understanding a Bazaar

Taking an etymological look at the word "bazaar", one would be surprised at the varied facts about its origin. Bazaar is actually a type of market that was evidently established while several people gathered to exchange their surplus goods. In other words, a bazaar is a place for the exchange of merchandise, foodstuffs and services between two or more people. Activity such as bargaining, selling, 

Yet, bazaar has an expanded definition. It is a network of bargains between salespeople and customers. To put it in a nutshell, a bazaar can be clearly defined as the organized concentration of a current of exchanges by an assembly of salesmen and customers at a certain venue, fostering contacts to exchange goods and services.

Presently, the word bazaar has grown to cover any place of exchange. But for a Persian reader, the word connotes a long narrow roofed labyrinth, featured by shops and caravansaries on both sides. 

Characteristic of a Bazaar

It becomes a central market for a city, often becoming covered/ indoor as years went by

• long and narrow
• hierarchy avenues
• central courtyard
• corridors
• alleys
• halls
• intersections
• major chamber and nodes