حاج

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See also: خاج, چاچ, and خاچ

Arabic

Root
ح ج ج (ḥ j j)
8 terms

Etymology 1

Derived from the active participle of the verb حَجَّ (ḥajja, to go on a pilgrimage).

Noun

حَاجّ (ḥājjm (plural حَاجُّونَ (ḥājjūna) or حُجَّاج (ḥujjāj) or حَجِيج (ḥajīj), feminine حَاجَّة (ḥājja))

  1. pilgrim, especially to Mecca
  2. (Islam) a title given to people who have performed the pilgrimage to Mecca
  3. (Christianity, dated due to the political situation) a title given to people who have performed a pilgrimage to Jerusalem
Declension

Etymology 2

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Borrowed from Aramaic חָגָּה / ܚܓܐ (ḥāggā, Alhagi), from Akkadian 𒂊𒄖𒌋 (egû, Alhagi).

Noun

حَاج (ḥājm (collective, singulative حَاجَة f (ḥāja))

  1. camelthorn, manna tree, Alhagi gen. et spp.
Declension

Etymology 3

Verb

حَاجَّ (ḥājja) III (non-past يُحَاجُّ (yuḥājju), verbal noun مُحَاجَّة (muḥājja) or حِجَاج (ḥijāj))

  1. to argue with (someone)
    Synonym: جَادَلَ (jādala)
    • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 2:258:
      أَلَمْ تَرَ إِلَى الَّذِي حَاجَّ إِبْرَاهِيمَ فِي رَبِّهِ
      ʔalam tara ʔilā llaḏī ḥājja ʔibrāhīma fī rabbihi
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Conjugation

References

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic حَاجّ (ḥājj).

Pronunciation

Readings
Classical reading? hāj
Dari reading? hāj
Iranian reading? hâj
Tajik reading? hoj

Noun

حاج (hâj)

  1. (Islam, title) a title given to people who have performed the pilgrimage to Mecca (hajj).
    حاج حسینhâj hoseynHajj Hossein

Derived terms

References

Dehkhoda, Ali-Akbar (1931–) “حاج”, in Dehkhoda Dictionary Institute, editors, Dehkhoda Dictionary (in Persian), Tehran: University of Tehran Press