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hadj

hadj is the alternative spelling of hajj.

Meaning of hajj

Noun

hajj (plural hajjes)

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

Forms of hadj

pluralhadjes

Questions about hadj

What is hadj the alternative spelling of?
Hadj is the alternative spelling of hajj.

Words near hadj in the dictionary

  1. hadithic
  2. Hadithist
  3. Hadithists
  4. hadiths
  5. haditoxin
  6. hadj
  7. hadjdj
  8. hadjdji
  9. hadje
  10. hadjee
  11. hadjees

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