hajj
noun
the pilgrimage to Mecca, which every adult Muslim is supposed to make at least once in their lifetime: the fifth of the Pillars of Islam.
haj,
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a variation of
hajj.
Example Sentences
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Umrah is another form of pilgrimage to Mecca which - unlike haj - can be carried out at any time of the year.
From Reuters ● Jun. 23, 2023
Sayid Mahdi, who will be in charge of around 2,800 Iranian pilgrims that will perform haj next week, said Saudi Arabia has been more cooperative in finding hotels for Iranians this year.
From Reuters ● Jun. 23, 2023
In 2019, the last year before the pandemic struck, some 2.6 million people performed the haj.
From Reuters ● Jan. 9, 2023
About 20 years after that, he took his first haj — the pilgrimage to Mecca — aboard a British Airways de Havilland Comet, the world's first commercial jet airliner.
From Salon ● Sep. 18, 2022
Ni estos kvin pleje haj ili sep malpleje = We shall be five at most and they seven at least.
From The International Auxiliary Language Esperanto Grammar and Commentary by George Cox
