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haj·ji

or haj·i , also hadj·i (hăj′ē)
n. pl. hajj·is or haj·is , also hadj·is
1. Islam
a. One who has made a pilgrimage to Mecca.
b. Often used as a form of address for one who has made such a pilgrimage.
2. Offensive Slang Used as a disparaging term for an Arab or Muslim.
[Persian ḥājī, from Arabic ḥājj, pilgrim, active participle of ḥajja, to perform the Meccan pilgrimage; see ḥgg in the Appendix of Semitic roots.]
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hajji

(ˈhædʒɪ; ˈhædʒə) ,

hadji

or

haji

n, pl hajjis, hadjis or hajis
1. (Islam) a Muslim who has made a pilgrimage to Mecca: also used as a title
2. (Eastern Church (Greek & Russian Orthodox)) a Christian of the Greek Orthodox or Armenian Churches who has visited Jerusalem
ˈhajjah fem n
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haj•ji

or hadj•i

(ˈhædʒ i)

n., pl. haj•jis or hadj•is or haj•is.
a Muslim who has gone on a pilgrimage to Mecca.
[1600–10; < Arabic]
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ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
Noun1.hajji - a general term used by foreign soldiers to refer to the Iraqi people; "to American soldiers, the hajji are the alien people from whom the enemy emerges"
Iraki, Iraqi - a native or inhabitant of Iraq; "the majority of Iraqi are Arab Shiite Muslims although Sunni Muslims control the government"
2.hajji - an Arabic term of respect for someone who has made the pilgrimage to Meccahajji - an Arabic term of respect for someone who has made the pilgrimage to Mecca
hadji, haji
pilgrim - someone who journeys to a sacred place as an act of religious devotion
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It was all through the Hajji that we found the money for our cotton-play." Imam Din had moved, I fancy, behind Strickland's chair.
I believe it cured my fever; and as soon as I could, I staggered off with the Hajji to interview the Sheshaheli about labour.
"When the fever came on our Sahib in our roofed house at Dupe," he began, "the Hajji listened intently to his talk.
"There was an old woman which belonged to the Hajji. She had come in with the Hajji's money-belt.
Therefore it was his heart's desire that the Hajji went to fetch.
The Hajji told Bulaki Ram the clerk to occupy the seat of government at Dupe till our return.
The Hajji walked delicately across the open place where their filth is, and scratched upon the gate which was shut.
But as to his seeing the prisoner, and having speech with the man-eaters--the Hajji breathed all that on his forehead to sink into his sick brain.
"And when didst thou know who the Hajji was?" said Strickland.
That very night, when I was cooking the dinner, the Hajji said to me: 'I go to my own place, though God knows whether the Man with the Stone Eyes have left me an ox, a slave, or a woman.' I said: 'Thou art then That One?' The Hajji said: 'I am ten thousand rupees reward into thy hand.
At this, fearing evil news for the Hajji, I would have restrained him, but he said: 'We be both Great Ones.
Did he know who the Hajji was?" said the Infant in English.
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