What does bazaar mean?
Word: Bazaar
Part of Speech: Noun
Meaning: Bazaar means a street or covered market with many small shops and stalls, especially in Asia and the Middle East.
How do you spell bazaar?
Syllables: ba - zaar
Tricky part: The second vowel sound is spelt with a double a. Bizarre sounds almost the same, so check which word a sentence needs.
Watch out for: bazare, bazer
Memory tip: Imagine a sheep wandering through the market saying baa: the word needs that same double a.
Bazaar in a sentence
Example 1: We spent the afternoon in the old bazaar at Jaipur, looking for blue pottery.
Example 2: The lanes of the bazaar were bright with lanterns and coloured cloth.
Example 3: Grandpa still buys all his fruit at the Sunday bazaar.
Fun Fact
The Grand Bazaar in Istanbul is one of the oldest and largest covered markets in the world, with thousands of shops under one roof.
Practise the CREST Way
Word Twins
Choose the option that fills both blanks correctly:
1. We bought bangles and spices at the crowded ___ near the old fort. 2. It was a ___ sight: a cow wearing sunglasses on the village road.
a) bazaar/bizarre
b) bizarre/bazaar
c) 'bizarre' in both
d) 'bazaar' in both
Show answer
a) bazaar/bizarre. The first sentence needs a place to shop; the second needs a word for very strange.
Spellacadabra
Choose the correct option to make a meaningful word:
ba___aar
a) zz
b) z
c) s
d) ss
Show answer
b) z. A single z is all it takes here, even though the letters after it come as a pair.
Word Tally
You get 3 marks for each correctly spelt word in the list. How many marks do you get?
bazaar, vendor, custommer, bargin, stall
a) 6
b) 3
c) 9
d) 12
Show answer
c) 9. Bazaar, vendor and stall are right; customer and bargain were misspelt, so 3 x 3 = 9.
Jumble Tumble
What is the meaning of the word that can be formed from the given letters?
zarbaa
a) a lively place where sellers call out to passing buyers
b) a piece of land where ships are built and mended
c) a tall building where grain is stored after harvest
d) a long room where paintings are hung for visitors
Show answer
a) a lively place where sellers call out to passing buyers. Sort the letters out and a busy street market appears.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. What are shoppers at a bazaar most likely to do?
a) wait quietly for a doctor to call their name
b) argue cheerfully with stallholders over the price
c) borrow books for two weeks at a time
d) sit in rows and listen to a long talk
Show answer
b) argue cheerfully with stallholders over the price
2. A visitor to Delhi wants to see a bazaar. Where should she go?
a) the quiet galleries of the National Museum
b) the crowded lanes of Chandni Chowk
c) the wide lawns of India Gate
d) the leafy paths of the Delhi Zoo
Show answer
b) the crowded lanes of Chandni Chowk
