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hajj

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • /hæd͡ʒ/
  • /hɑːd͡ʒ/
  • /hʌd͡ʒ/
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • rhymes with -ædʒ
  • rhymes with -ɑːdʒ
  • rhymes with -ʌdʒ
  • CMU ARPABET: HH AE1 JH Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

noun

Meaning 1

The pilgrimage to Mecca made by pious Muslims; the fifth of the five pillars of Islam.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: Islam, lifestyle, religion

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

the fifth pillar of Islam is a pilgrimage to Mecca during the month of Dhu al-Hijja; at least once in a lifetime a Muslim is expected to make a religious journey to Mecca and the Kaaba

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • for a Muslim the hajj is the ultimate act of worship

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: haj, hadj

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: pilgrimage, pilgrim's journey, pillar of Islam

History

Etymology

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

Across languages

Translations

104 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Albanian: haxh — pilgrimage to Mecca
  • Amharic: ሐጅ (ḥäǧ) — pilgrimage to Mecca
  • Arabic: حَجّ (ḥajj) — pilgrimage to Mecca
  • Arabic: الْحَجّ (al-ḥajj) — pilgrimage to Mecca
  • Arabic: حَجّ (ḥagg) — pilgrimage to Mecca
  • Aramaic: ܚܓ (ḥag) — pilgrimage to Mecca
  • Armenian: հաջ (haǰ) — pilgrimage to Mecca
  • Azerbaijani: həcc — pilgrimage to Mecca
  • West Coast Bajau: aji' — pilgrimage to Mecca
  • Bashkir: хаж (xaj) — pilgrimage to Mecca
  • Belarusian: хадж (xadž) — pilgrimage to Mecca
  • Bengali: হজ্জ (hojj) — pilgrimage to Mecca
  • Bulgarian: хадж (hadž) — pilgrimage to Mecca
  • Chechen: хьаьж (ḥräž) — pilgrimage to Mecca
  • Chinese: хаҗы (hažɨ) — pilgrimage to Mecca
  • Chinese Mandarin: 朝覲 /朝觐 (cháojìn) — pilgrimage to Mecca
  • Chinese Mandarin: 朝聖 /朝圣 (cháoshèng) — pilgrimage to Mecca
  • Chinese Mandarin: 麥加朝聖 /麦加朝圣 (Màijiā cháoshèng) — pilgrimage to Mecca
  • Crimean Tatar: hac — pilgrimage to Mecca
  • Crimean Tatar: acılıq — pilgrimage to Mecca
  • Crimean Tatar: hacılıq — pilgrimage to Mecca
  • Czech: hadždž — pilgrimage to Mecca
  • Danish: hajj — pilgrimage to Mecca
  • Dhivehi: ޙައްޖު (ḥajju) — pilgrimage to Mecca
  • Dutch: hadj — pilgrimage to Mecca
  • Esperanto: haĝo — pilgrimage to Mecca
  • Estonian: hadž — pilgrimage to Mecca
  • Finnish: hadž — pilgrimage to Mecca
  • French: hajj — pilgrimage to Mecca
  • Georgian: ჰაჯი (haǯi) — pilgrimage to Mecca
  • German: Hadsch — pilgrimage to Mecca
  • Greek: χατζ (chatz) — pilgrimage to Mecca
  • Hausa: hajji — pilgrimage to Mecca
  • Hausa: haji — pilgrimage to Mecca
  • Hebrew: חַג׳ (haj) — pilgrimage to Mecca
  • Hindi: हज्ज (hajj) — pilgrimage to Mecca
  • Hindi: हज (haj) — pilgrimage to Mecca
  • Icelandic: hadsjí — pilgrimage to Mecca
  • Indonesian: haji — pilgrimage to Mecca
  • Interlingua: hadj — pilgrimage to Mecca
  • Italian: hajj — pilgrimage to Mecca
  • Japanese: ハッジ (hajji) — pilgrimage to Mecca
  • Japanese: メッカ巡礼 (Mekka junrei) — pilgrimage to Mecca
  • Kannada: ಹಜ್ (haj) — pilgrimage to Mecca
  • Kannada: ಹಡ್ಜಿ (haḍji) — pilgrimage to Mecca
  • Kazakh: қажылық (qajylyq) — pilgrimage to Mecca
  • Kazakh: қажы (qajy) — pilgrimage to Mecca
  • Khmer: ហាជ្ជី (haaccii) — pilgrimage to Mecca
  • Kimaragang: aji — pilgrimage to Mecca
  • Korean: 하즈 (hajeu) — pilgrimage to Mecca
  • Korean: 하지 (haji) — pilgrimage to Mecca
  • Northern Kurdish: hec — pilgrimage to Mecca
  • Kyrgyz: ажы (ajı) — pilgrimage to Mecca
  • Latvian: hadžs — pilgrimage to Mecca
  • Lithuanian: hadžas — pilgrimage to Mecca
  • Macedonian: хаџ (hadž) — pilgrimage to Mecca
  • Macedonian: а́џилак (ádžilak) — pilgrimage to Mecca
  • Malay: haji — pilgrimage to Mecca
  • Malayalam: ഹജ്ജ് (hajjŭ) — pilgrimage to Mecca
  • Maltese: il-Haġġ — pilgrimage to Mecca
  • Marathi: हज्ज (hajja) — pilgrimage to Mecca
  • Central Melanau: aji — pilgrimage to Mecca
  • Mongolian: хаж (xaž) — pilgrimage to Mecca
  • Norwegian Bokmål: hajj — pilgrimage to Mecca
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: hadj — pilgrimage to Mecca
  • Nupe: hájì — pilgrimage to Mecca
  • Pashto: حج (haj) — pilgrimage to Mecca
  • Dari: حَجّ (hajj) — pilgrimage to Mecca
  • Iranian Persian: حَجّ (hajj) — pilgrimage to Mecca
  • Polish: hadż — pilgrimage to Mecca
  • Polish: hadżdż — pilgrimage to Mecca
  • Portuguese: hajj — pilgrimage to Mecca
  • Portuguese: hadj — pilgrimage to Mecca
  • Punjabi: ਹੱਜ (hajja) — pilgrimage to Mecca
  • Punjabi: حَجّ (ḥajj) — pilgrimage to Mecca
  • Russian: хадж (xadž) — pilgrimage to Mecca
  • Russian: пало́мничество (palómničestvo) — pilgrimage to Mecca
  • Serbo-Croatian: хаџ — pilgrimage to Mecca
  • Serbo-Croatian: хаџѝлук — pilgrimage to Mecca
  • Serbo-Croatian: hadž — pilgrimage to Mecca
  • Serbo-Croatian: hadžìluk — pilgrimage to Mecca
  • Sindhi: حَج (ḥaj) — pilgrimage to Mecca
  • Slovak: hadž — pilgrimage to Mecca
  • Slovak: hadždž — pilgrimage to Mecca
  • Slovene: hadž — pilgrimage to Mecca
  • Somali: xaj — pilgrimage to Mecca
  • Spanish: hajj — pilgrimage to Mecca
  • Swahili: haji — pilgrimage to Mecca
  • Swedish: hajj — pilgrimage to Mecca
  • Tagalog: hajj — pilgrimage to Mecca
  • Tajik: ҳаҷ (haj) — pilgrimage to Mecca
  • Tajik: ҳаҷҷ (hajj) — pilgrimage to Mecca
  • Tamil: ஹஜ் (haj) — pilgrimage to Mecca
  • Tatar: хаҗ (xac) — pilgrimage to Mecca
  • Thai: ฮัจญ์ (hát) — pilgrimage to Mecca
  • Turkish: hac — pilgrimage to Mecca
  • Turkish: hacılık — pilgrimage to Mecca
  • Ottoman Turkish: حج (hacc) — pilgrimage to Mecca
  • Turkmen: haj — pilgrimage to Mecca
  • Ukrainian: хадж (xadž) — pilgrimage to Mecca
  • Urdu: حَجّ (hajj) — pilgrimage to Mecca
  • Uyghur: ھەج (hej) — pilgrimage to Mecca
  • Uzbek: haj — pilgrimage to Mecca
  • Welsh: hajj — pilgrimage to Mecca