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hadji

hadji is the alternative spelling of hajji.

Meaning of hajji

Noun

hajji (plural hajjis)

  1. A 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. (US, derogatory, ethnic, slang, slur) A person from the Middle East and North Africa.
  3. (US, derogatory, slang, slur) A Muslim.

Forms of hadji

pluralhadjis

Phrases with hadji

Questions about hadji

What is hadji the alternative spelling of?
Hadji is the alternative spelling of hajji.

Words near hadji in the dictionary

  1. hadjee
  2. hadjees
  3. Hadjemi
  4. Hadjemis
  5. hadjes
  6. hadji
  7. Hadji Mohammad Ajul
  8. Hadji Muhtamad
  9. Hadjicostas's formula
  10. hadjis
  11. Hadlee

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Adapted from Wiktionary: hadji (page history and authors); hajji (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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