Etymology

Borrowing from Persian بازار ‎(bâzâr, “market”), from Middle Persian 𐭥𐭠𐭰𐭠𐭥 ‎(vāčāṙ) (compare Old Armenian վաճառ ‎(vačaṙ)), from Old Persian vahā-čarana ‎(“market-walkabout”), compound of Proto-Indo-European *wesā- ‎(“to buy”) and *kʷéle/o ‎(“to turn”).