巴扎(Bazar)一词源自波斯语。至少从元代起,包括维吾尔族在内的中亚民族就开始用巴扎来指称集市。但巴扎并不等于集市,它的内涵更为丰富,往往成为世俗世界和生活乐趣的象征性符号。维吾尔谚语说:“巴扎是父亲,巴扎是母亲。”而在波斯语中,巴扎直译的意思是“大门外面的事情”。 The word Bazar comes from Persian. At least from the Yuan Dynasty, the Central Asian nation, including the Uighur, began to use Bazaar to refer to the market. However, Bazaar does not mean a market. Its content is richer and often becomes the symbolic symbol of the secular world and the joys of life. Uyghur adage says: “Bazaar is father, Bazaar is mother.” In Persian, Bazar literally means “something outside the gate.”