different between hadj vs hajj

English

Noun

hadj (plural hadjes)

1. Alternative spelling of hajj

Afrikaans

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic ????? (?ajj).

Proper noun

hadj

1. (Islam) hajj

Dutch

Alternative forms

• hadjdj

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic ????? (?ajj).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??t?/, /??d?/
• Hyphenation: hadj

Noun

hadj m (uncountable)

1. (Islam) hajj

Related terms

• hadji

French

Noun

hadj m (plural hadjs)

1. (Islam) hajj

Portuguese

Noun

hadj m (uncountable)

1. Alternative spelling of hajj

English

Alternative forms

• hadj
• haj

Etymology

From Arabic ????? (?ajj, “pilgrimage”), from ?????? (?ajja, “to go, to repair”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /h??/, /h?d??/, /h?d??/

Noun

hajj (countable and uncountable, plural hajjes)

1. (Islam) The pilgrimage to Mecca made by pious Muslims; one of the five pillars of Islam.
   • 1855, Richard Francis Burton, Personal Narrative of a Pilgrimage to Al-Madinah & Meccah, 1855, Appendix I:

     The word Hajj is explained by Moslem divines to mean “Kasd,” or aspiration, and to express man’s sentiment that he is but a wayfarer on earth wending towards another and a nobler world.

Derived terms

• hajji

Translations

See also

• ‘umra

Portuguese

Alternative forms

• hadj

Noun

hajj m (uncountable)

1. (Islam) hajj (pilgrimage to Mecca)