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haji

haji 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.

Proper noun capitalized: Haji

Haji (plural Hajis)

  1. A surname.
  2. (Malaysia, Singapore) A title used to address a male Muslim who has completed the hajj.

Forms of haji

Noun
pluralhajis
Proper noun
pluralHajis

Origin of haji

Islamic/Arabic surname, from حج (“pilgrimage to Mecca”).

Phrases with haji

Words that rhyme with haji

Questions about haji

What does haji mean?
Haji means a surname.
What is haji the alternative spelling of?
Haji is the alternative spelling of hajji.
What part of speech is haji?
Haji is a proper noun.

Words near haji in the dictionary

  1. Hajek
  2. Hajeks
  3. Hajemi
  4. Hajemis
  5. hajes
  6. haji
  7. hajib
  8. hajibs
  9. hajilij
  10. Hajipur
  11. hajis

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Adapted from Wiktionary: haji (page history and authors); Haji (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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