different between umrah vs hajj

English

Noun

umrah (plural umrahs)

1. Alternative form of 'umra

Anagrams

• murha

Indonesian

Noun

umrah (first-person possessive umrahku, second-person possessive umrahmu, third-person possessive umrahnya)

1. (Islam) 'umra

Malay

Noun

umrah (Jawi spelling ?????, plural umrah-umrah, informal 1st possessive umrahku, impolite 2nd possessive umrahmu, 3rd possessive umrahnya)

1. (Islam) 'umra

Further reading

• “umrah” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.

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)