A bazaar or souk, is a permanently enclosed

marketplace A marketplace, market place, or just market, is a location where people regularly gather for the purchase and sale of provisions, livestock, and other goods. In different parts of the world, a marketplace may be described as a ''souk'' (from ...

or street where goods and services are exchanged or sold. The term bazaar originates from the

Persian Persian may refer to: * People and things from Iran, historically called ''Persia'' in the English language ** Persians, the majority ethnic group in Iran, not to be conflated with the Iranic peoples ** Persian language, an Iranian language of the ...

word ''bāzār''. The term bazaar is sometimes also used to refer to the "network of

merchant A merchant is a person who trades in goods produced by other people, especially one who trades with foreign countries. Merchants have been known for as long as humans have engaged in trade and commerce. Merchants and merchant networks operated i ...

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ers and craftsmen" who work in that area. Although the word "bazaar" is of

origin, its use has spread and now has been accepted into the vernacular in countries around the world. The term souk ( ''suq'', ''shuq'', Syriac: ܫܘܩܐ ''shuqa'', ''shuka'', Spanish: zoco, also spelled souq, shuk, shooq, soq, esouk, succ, suk, sooq, suq, soek) is used in Western Asian, North African and some Horn African cities ().

List of Bazaars in Nepal

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Bazaars A bazaar or souk is a marketplace consisting of multiple small stalls or shops, especially in the Middle East, the Balkans, Central Asia, North Africa and South Asia. They are traditionally located in vaulted or covered streets that have doors ...

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