Definitions for hajjiˈhædʒ i

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Random House Webster's College Dictionary

haj•jiˈhædʒ i(n.)(pl.)haj•jis or hadj•is or haj•is.

or hadj•i or haj•i

  1. a Muslim who has gone on a pilgrimage to Mecca.

    Category: Eastern Religions

Origin of hajji:

1600–10; < Ar

Princeton's WordNet

  1. hajji(noun)

    a general term used by foreign soldiers to refer to the Iraqi people

    "to American soldiers, the hajji are the alien people from whom the enemy emerges"

  2. hajji, hadji, haji(noun)

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

Wiktionary

  1. hajji(Noun)

    One who has participated in a hajj.

  2. hajji(Noun)

    A Muslim or Arab.


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