hajji

American  

[haj-ee] / ˈhædʒ i /

Or hadji,

noun

hajjis plural

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

2. a Christian of the Orthodox church who has visited the Holy Sepulcher at Jerusalem.

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hajji British  

/ ˈhædʒə, ˈhædʒɪ /

noun

1. a Muslim who has made a pilgrimage to Mecca: also used as a title

2. a Christian of the Greek Orthodox or Armenian Churches who has visited Jerusalem

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Other Word Forms

Derived Forms

• hajjah
  noun

Inflected Forms

Nouns

• hajjis
  plural

Etymology

Origin of hajji

First recorded in 1600–10; from Arabic ḥajjī, equivalent to ḥajj “pilgrimage” + -ī a suffix indicating relationship or origin