different between hajji vs hajj

English

Alternative forms

• hadji
• haji

Etymology

From Arabic ???????? (?ajjiyy).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?hæd?i/

Noun

hajji (plural hajjis)

1. (Islam) One who has participated in a hajj.
2. (derogatory, slang, US, ethnic slur) A Muslim or Arab.

Synonyms

• muhajir

Translations

Hausa

Alternative forms

• haji

Etymology

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

Noun

hajjì m (possessed form hajjìn)

1. (Islam) hajj (pilgrimage to Mecca)

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)