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hajji

/ˈhæ.dʒi/US/ˈhæ.dʒi/

hajji noun: a Muslim who has participated in a hajj.

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.

hajji meaning in Hindi, Urdu, Bengali and Punjabi

hajji in Hindi

one who has participated in a hajj
हाजी hājī

hajji in Urdu

one who has participated in a hajj
حاجی hājī

hajji in Bengali

one who has participated in a hajj
হাজি haji

hajji in Punjabi

one who has participated in a hajj
ਹਾਜੀ hājī
More languagesFewer languages
hajji in Gujarati
હાજી hājī
hajji in Pashto
حاجی hāji
hajji in Arabic
حَاجّ ḥājj, حَاجَّة ḥājja
hajji in Malay
haji
hajji in Indonesian
haji
hajji in Persian
حاجی hâji, حاج hâj
hajji in Thai
ฮัจญี hát-yii, หัจญี, หะยี

Forms of hajji

pluralhajjis
alternative formhadji
alternative formhaji
alternative formHajji
alternative formHadji
alternative formHaji

Origin of hajji

From Ottoman Turkish حاجی (hacı), from Classical Persian حَاجِی (hājī), from Arabic حَاجّ (ḥājj, “person who has performed the pilgrimage to Mecca”).

Words that rhyme with hajji

Questions about hajji

What does hajji mean?
Hajji means a Muslim who has participated in a hajj.
What is hajji in Hindi?
Hajji in Hindi is हाजी (hājī). See Hajji meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is hajji?
Hajji is a noun.
How do you pronounce hajji?
Hajji is pronounced /ˈhæ.dʒi/ (UK).
What is the plural of hajji?
The plural of hajji is hajjis.

Words near hajji in the dictionary

  1. Hajjar
  2. Hajjars
  3. Hajjee
  4. Hajjees
  5. hajjes
  6. hajji
  7. hajjis
  8. Hajnal line
  9. Hajnówka
  10. Hajong
  11. Hajongs

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: hajji (page history and authors); હાજી (Gujarati) (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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