Meaning

3 senses
  1. A Muslim who has participated in a hajj.

    хаджи́xadží

    хаджіxadži

    an Arabic term of respect for someone who has made the pilgrimage to Mecca

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

  3. (US, derogatory, slang, slur)A Muslim.

Translations

5 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
one who has participated in a hajj:
Русский
By meaning 1
one who has participated in a hajj:

Origin

From Ottoman Turkish حاجی (hacı), from Classical Persian حَاجِی (hājī), from Arabic حَاجّ

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

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Forms

plural: hajjis

Synonyms

2 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • an Arabic term of respect for someone who has made the pilgrimage to Mecca:hadjihaji

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
hajji — meaning, examples, forms, synonyms | Krumeto