hajj
/hæd͡ʒ/
hajj noun: the pilgrimage to Mecca made by pious Muslims; the fifth of the five pillars of Islam.
Noun
hajj (plural hajjes)
- 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
- The restored cottage, which has been open to tourists since 1891 (Woodrow Wilson came here on a cycling tour in 1899), is the Kaabah of a Lake District haj, a must-see for all pilgrims.2000 June, Jamie James, “Wordsworth Slept Here”, in The Atlantic, archived from the original on 01 Jun 2015
hajj meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
hajj in Hindi
- pilgrimage to Mecca
- हज्ज hajj, हज haj
hajj in Tamil
- pilgrimage to Mecca
- ஹஜ் haj
hajj in Marathi
- pilgrimage to Mecca
- हज्ज hajja
hajj in Urdu
- pilgrimage to Mecca
- حَجّ hajj
More languagesFewer languages
- hajj in Bengali
- হজ্জ hojj
- hajj in Telugu
- హజ్, హజ్జ్
- hajj in Malayalam
- ഹജ്ജ് hajjŭ
- hajj in Kannada
- ಹಜ್ haj, ಹಡ್ಜಿ haḍji
- hajj in Punjabi
- ਹੱਜ hajja
- hajj in Gujarati
- હજ haj
- hajj in Odia
- ହଜ୍, ହଜ
- hajj in Nepali
- हज, हज्ज
- hajj in Pashto
- حج haj
- hajj in Tagalog
- hajj
- hajj in Arabic
- حَجّ ḥajj, الْحَجّ al-ḥajj
- hajj in Malay
- haji
- hajj in Indonesian
- haji
- hajj in Thai
- ฮัจญ์ hát
- Sindhi
- حَج ḥaj
- Dhivehi
- ޙައްޖު ḥajju
Examples of hajj in a sentence
- “He was serving time in Tumshuq Prison for performing the hajj pilgrimage.”2023 May 24, Shohret Hoshur, “Uyghur motorcycle repairman’s corpse released by prison in Kashgar prefecture”, in Roseanne Gerin, Malcom...
- Global heating has “fundamentally altered” the climate of Mecca and is exposing millions of hajj pilgrims to extreme and dangerous heat even in months outside summer, new analysis has found.2026 May 28, Damian Carrington, “Global heating is making hajj ever more dangerous, report finds”, in The Guardian, →ISSN:
Forms of hajj
| plural | hajjes |
|---|---|
| alternative form | hadj |
| alternative form | haj |
Origin of hajj
From Arabic حَجّ (ḥajj, “pilgrimage”), from حَجَّ (ḥajja, “to go, to repair”).
Words formed from hajj
Words that rhyme with hajj
Questions about hajj
- What does hajj mean?
- Hajj means the pilgrimage to Mecca made by pious Muslims; the fifth of the five pillars of Islam.
- What is hajj in Hindi?
- Hajj in Hindi is हज्ज (hajj), हज (haj). See Hajj meaning in Hindi.
- How do you use hajj in a sentence?
- “He was serving time in Tumshuq Prison for performing the hajj pilgrimage.”
- What part of speech is hajj?
- Hajj is a noun.
- How do you pronounce hajj?
- Hajj is pronounced /hæd͡ʒ/.
- What is the plural of hajj?
- The plural of hajj is hajjes.
Words near hajj in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: hajj (page history and authors); hajj (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); હજ (Gujarati) (page history and authors); hajj (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); hajj (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). 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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