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English
Pronunciation
Noun
haji (plural hajis)
- Alternative spelling of hajji
Acehnese
Noun
haji
- (Islam) hajj
Hausa
Pronunciation
Noun
hajì m (possessed form hajìn)
- Alternative form of hajji
Indonesian
Etymology
From Malay haji, from Arabic حَجِّيّ (ḥajjiyy, “hajji”), حَجّ (ḥajj, “hajj”).
Pronunciation
Noun
haji (first-person possessive hajiku, second-person possessive hajimu, third-person possessive hajinya)
- (Islam) hajj: the pilgrimage to Mecca made by pious Muslims; one of the five pillars of Islam.
- (Islam) hajji: one who has participated in a hajj.
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Japanese
Romanization
haji
- Rōmaji transcription of はじ
Javanese
Romanization
haji
- Romanization of ꦲꦗꦶ
Malay
Etymology
From Arabic حَجّ (ḥajj).
Pronunciation
Noun
haji (plural haji-haji, informal 1st possessive hajiku, 2nd possessive hajimu, 3rd possessive hajinya)
- (Islam) hajj (pilgrimage to Mecca)
Descendants
Further reading
Old Javanese
Etymology
Compare Bikol Central hadi, Cebuano hari, Cuyunon adi, Ilocano ari, Mansaka ari, Waray-Waray hadi, and Malay aji; and distantly Maori ariki, Proto-Polynesian *qariki
Pronunciation
Noun
haji
- king
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Descendants
Further reading
- "haji" in P.J. Zoetmulder with the collaboration of S.O. Robson, Old Javanese-English Dictionary. 's-Gravenhage: M. Nijhoff, 1982.
Swahili
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
Borrowed from Arabic حَجّ (ḥajj).
Noun
haji (n class, plural haji)
- (Islam) hajj (pilgrimage to Mecca)
Etymology 2
Borrowed from Arabic حَجِّي (ḥajjī).
Noun
haji (ma class, plural mahaji)
- (Islam) hajji (pilgrim to Mecca)
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