Trade, money & letters

bazaar

The Persian word for a market street travelled with Ottoman trade to Italy and on to English; it also became the pazar of the Balkans, the bāzār of Mughal India, the pasar of Malay ports, the Portuguese and French bazar, and the Russian bazar.

Weakest linkProbable

The road to English

From Persian to Hindi

From Persian to Urdu

From Persian to Bengali

From Persian to Malay, Indonesian

From Persian to Georgian

From Persian to Russian

From Persian to Portuguese, French

From Ottoman Turkish to Turkish

From Ottoman Turkish to Modern Greek

From Ottoman Turkish to Bulgarian

From Ottoman Turkish to Serbo-Croatian

From Ottoman Turkish to Albanian

300 CEMiddle Persian

Hops are evenly spaced; labels show the year each form is first attested.

The road to English

From Persian to Portuguese, French

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