hajji

H4A1J8J8I1
UK/ˈhæ.dʒi/UK/ˈhɑː.dʒi/US/ˈhɑ.dʒi/

noun

A Muslim who has participated in a hajj.

Similar
hadjihaji
OriginOttoman Turkish حاجی ← Classical Persian حَاجِی ← Arabic حَاجّ →
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Meanings

nounhajji (plural hajjis)

plural hajjis · alternative hadji · alternative haji · alternative Hajji · alternative Hadji · alternative Haji

  1. IslamA Muslim who has participated in a hajj.

    "Ah! But why do you call him a hajji?" "Because he was one. He lived on the Jebel Shur-Shum and as a young man began his pilgrimage. […]"

    2002, Karl May, Oriental Odyssey: Through the desert, page 7
  2. USderogatoryethnicslangslurA person from the Middle East and North Africa.
  3. USderogatoryslangslurA Muslim.

Synonyms & antonyms

nounan Arabic term of respect for someone who has made the pilgrimage to Mecca

Similar
hadjihaji
Broader
pilgrim
Also see
hajimuslim

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Arabicحَاجّ“person who has performed the pilgrimage to Mecca”
  2. Classical Persianحَاجِی
  3. Ottoman Turkishحاجی
  4. Englishhajji

From Ottoman Turkish حاجی (hacı), from Classical Persian حَاجِی (hājī), from Arabic حَاجّ (ḥājj, “person who has performed the pilgrimage to Mecca”).

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Translations

Arabic حَاجّ, حَاجَّة
  • حَاجّ (ḥājj)one who has participated in a hajj
  • حَاجَّة (ḥājja)one who has participated in a hajj
Bengali হাজি
  • হাজি (haji)one who has participated in a hajj
Bulgarian хаджия
  • хаджия (hadžija)one who has participated in a hajj
Chinese Mandarin 哈只, 哈芝
  • 哈只 (hāzhǐ)one who has participated in a hajj
  • 哈芝 (hāzhī)one who has participated in a hajj
Dutch hadji, Mekkaganger
  • hadjione who has participated in a hajj
  • Mekkagangerone who has participated in a hajj
Finnish hadži
  • hadžione who has participated in a hajj
French hadji
  • hadjione who has participated in a hajj
Greek Χατζής, Χάτζι
  • Χατζής (Chatzís)one who has participated in a hajj
  • Χάτζι (Chátzi)one who has participated in a hajj
Hindi हाजी
  • हाजी (hājī)one who has participated in a hajj
Indonesian haji
  • hajione who has participated in a hajj
Japanese ハッジ
  • ハッジ (hajji)one who has participated in a hajj
Malay haji
  • hajione who has participated in a hajj
Persian حاجی, حاج
  • حاجی (hâji)one who has participated in a hajj
  • حاج (hâj)one who has participated in a hajj
Portuguese hadji
  • hadjione who has participated in a hajj
Punjabi ਹਾਜੀ
  • ਹਾਜੀ (hājī)one who has participated in a hajj
Russian хаджи́
  • хаджи́ (xadží)one who has participated in a hajj
Slovak hadži
  • hadžione who has participated in a hajj
Swahili alhaji, haji
  • alhajione who has participated in a hajj
  • hajione who has participated in a hajj
Thai ฮัจญี, หัจญี
  • ฮัจญี (hát-yii)one who has participated in a hajj
  • หัจญีone who has participated in a hajj
  • หะยีone who has participated in a hajj
Turkish hacı
  • hacıone who has participated in a hajj
Ukrainian хаджі
  • хаджі (xadži)one who has participated in a hajj
Urdu حاجی
  • حاجی (hājī)one who has participated in a hajj

Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with hajji

radgie
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Cite this entry
APA

hajji. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hajji

MLA

“hajji.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hajji. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “hajji,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hajji.

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