1580s, from Italianbazarra, ultimately from Persianbazar (Pahlavivacar) "a market," from Old Iranian*vaha-carana "sale, traffic," from suffixed form of PIE root*wes- (1) "to buy, sell" (seevenal) + PIE*kwoleno-, suffixed form of root*kwel- (1) "revolve, move round; sojourn, dwell."
