Dictionary

hajj en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /hɑːd͡ʒ/
• /hʌd͡ʒ/
• (Southern-England) audio
• /hæd͡ʒ/

Etymology

From Arabic حَجّ (ḥajj, “pilgrimage”), from حَجَّ (ḥajja, “to go, to repair”).

Meanings

1. The pilgrimage to Mecca made by pious Muslims; the fifth of the five pillars of Islam.
   • 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:
   • “He passed away due to diabetes while in prison,” the residential committee member said. “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 Foster, editors, Radio Free Asia, archived from the original on 01 Feb 2024, RFA Uyghur:
   • 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:
   • 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:

Forms

Deriveds

hajji

Relateds

‘umra

Translations (104)

prs حَجّ (pilgrimage to Mecca) · pt hajj (pilgrimage to Mecca) · tr hacılık (pilgrimage to Mecca) · is hadsjí (pilgrimage to Mecca) · ar حَجّ (pilgrimage to Mecca) · kqr aji (pilgrimage to Mecca) · mk а́џилак (pilgrimage to Mecca) · da hajj (pilgrimage to Mecca) · cmn 朝覲 /朝觐 (pilgrimage to Mecca) · ug ھەج (pilgrimage to Mecca) · eo haĝo (pilgrimage to Mecca) · ta ஹஜ் (pilgrimage to Mecca) · dv ޙައްޖު (pilgrimage to Mecca) · ia hadj (pilgrimage to Mecca) · ru пало́мничество (pilgrimage to Mecca) · sl hadž (pilgrimage to Mecca) · cmn 朝聖 /朝圣 (pilgrimage to Mecca) · sq haxh (pilgrimage to Mecca) · nb hajj (pilgrimage to Mecca) · hi हज्ज (pilgrimage to Mecca) · kn ಹಡ್ಜಿ (pilgrimage to Mecca) · th ฮัจญ์ (pilgrimage to Mecca) · uk хадж (pilgrimage to Mecca) · tg ҳаҷҷ (pilgrimage to Mecca) · ha haji (pilgrimage to Mecca) · tt хаҗ (pilgrimage to Mecca) · ar الْحَجّ (pilgrimage to Mecca) · mr हज्ज (pilgrimage to Mecca) · ja ハッジ (pilgrimage to Mecca) · bn হজ্জ (pilgrimage to Mecca) · hy հաջ (pilgrimage to Mecca) · ka ჰაჯი (pilgrimage to Mecca) · cs hadždž (pilgrimage to Mecca) · nup hájì (pilgrimage to Mecca) · nb hadj (pilgrimage to Mecca) · sk hadždž (pilgrimage to Mecca) · ce хьаьж (pilgrimage to Mecca) · id haji (pilgrimage to Mecca) · dng хаҗы (pilgrimage to Mecca) · ko 하지 (pilgrimage to Mecca) · ba хаж (pilgrimage to Mecca) · hi हज (pilgrimage to Mecca) · mk хаџ (pilgrimage to Mecca) · et hadž (pilgrimage to Mecca) · ps حج (pilgrimage to Mecca) · bdr aji' (pilgrimage to Mecca) · az həcc (pilgrimage to Mecca) · el χατζ (pilgrimage to Mecca) · km ហាជ្ជី (pilgrimage to Mecca) · uz haj (pilgrimage to Mecca) · cy hajj (pilgrimage to Mecca) · tl hajj (pilgrimage to Mecca) · pl hadż (pilgrimage to Mecca) · pl hadżdż (pilgrimage to Mecca) · pa ਹੱਜ (pilgrimage to Mecca) · ml ഹജ്ജ് (pilgrimage to Mecca) · nl hadj (pilgrimage to Mecca) · am ሐጅ (pilgrimage to Mecca) · kn ಹಜ್ (pilgrimage to Mecca) · sw haji (pilgrimage to Mecca) · ms haji (pilgrimage to Mecca) · sv hajj (pilgrimage to Mecca) · pnb حَجّ (pilgrimage to Mecca) · sh hadž (pilgrimage to Mecca) · it hajj (pilgrimage to Mecca) · ko 하즈 (pilgrimage to Mecca) · sh hadžìluk (pilgrimage to Mecca) · cmn 麥加朝聖 /麦加朝圣 (pilgrimage to Mecca) · lv hadžs (pilgrimage to Mecca) · de Hadsch (pilgrimage to Mecca) · tr hac (pilgrimage to Mecca) · fr hajj (pilgrimage to Mecca) · kk қажы (pilgrimage to Mecca) · syc ܚܓ (pilgrimage to Mecca) · tk haj (pilgrimage to Mecca) · mn хаж (pilgrimage to Mecca) · crh hac (pilgrimage to Mecca) · be хадж (pilgrimage to Mecca) · crh hacılıq (pilgrimage to Mecca) · sd حَج (pilgrimage to Mecca) · sh хаџѝлук (pilgrimage to Mecca) · mt il-Haġġ (pilgrimage to Mecca) · ru хадж (pilgrimage to Mecca) · ky ажы (pilgrimage to Mecca) · mel aji (pilgrimage to Mecca) · crh acılıq (pilgrimage to Mecca) · tg ҳаҷ (pilgrimage to Mecca) · fa-ira حَجّ (pilgrimage to Mecca) · sk hadž (pilgrimage to Mecca) · ota حج (pilgrimage to Mecca) · bg хадж (pilgrimage to Mecca) · he חַג׳ (pilgrimage to Mecca) · kmr hec (pilgrimage to Mecca) · lt hadžas (pilgrimage to Mecca) · ja メッカ巡礼 (pilgrimage to Mecca) · fi hadž (pilgrimage to Mecca) · kk қажылық (pilgrimage to Mecca) · es hajj (pilgrimage to Mecca) · pt hadj (pilgrimage to Mecca) · arz حَجّ (pilgrimage to Mecca) · sh хаџ (pilgrimage to Mecca) · so xaj (pilgrimage to Mecca) · ur حَجّ (pilgrimage to Mecca) · ha hajji (pilgrimage to Mecca)

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