A large covered marketplace or trading establishment in Middle Eastern cities, similar to a bazaar.
From Persian 'bazaar' combined with the architectural suffix 'steen' (place), referring to a permanent market structure found in Ottoman and Islamic cities.
These weren't random markets—they were architecturally designed with covered streets and water channels, making them the ancient world's version of climate-controlled shopping malls!
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