hajj

• hadj, haj

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

• IPA^(key): /hæd͡ʒ/, /hɑːd͡ʒ/, /hʌd͡ʒ/

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• Rhymes: -ædʒ, -ɑːd͡ʒ, -ʌd͡ʒ

hajj (countable and uncountable, plural hajjes)

1. (Islam) The pilgrimage to Mecca made by pious Muslims; one of the five pillars of Islam.
   • 1855, Richard Francis Burton, Personal Narrative of a Pilgrimage to Al-Madinah & Meccah, Appendix I:

     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.

   • 2000 June, Jamie James, “Wordsworth Slept Here”, in The Atlantic‎:

     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.

   • 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 February 2024, RFA Uyghur‎:

     “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.”

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hajj m (uncountable)

1. (Islam) hajj (pilgrimage to Mecca)