Where does “bazaar” come from?

Bazaar derives from Italian bazar, from Persian بازار, from Middle Persian wʾčʾl meaning marketplace.

bazaar (English): A marketplace, particularly in the Middle East...

Definitions

  1. A marketplace, particularly in the Middle East...

Ancestry of “bazaar”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Frenchbazar—
2Ottoman Turkishبازارbazaar, marketplace; Sunday
3Persianبازارmarket; marketplace; bazaar
4Middle Persianwʾčʾlmarket
5Proto-Indo-Europeankʷel-to turn

Words derived from “bazaar”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European kʷel- →Every word from Middle Persian wʾčʾl →Every word from Persian بازار →