See also: خاج, چاچ, and خاچ

Arabic edit

Root
ح ج ج (ḥ-j-j)

Etymology 1 edit

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

Noun edit

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 edit

Etymology 2 edit

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

Noun edit

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

  1. camelthorn, manna tree, Alhagi gen. et spp.
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Etymology 3 edit

Verb edit

حَاجَجَ or حَاجَّ (ḥājja or ḥājaja) III, non-past يُحَاجُّ or يُحَاجِجُ‎ (yuḥājju or yuḥājiju)

  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 allaḏī ḥājja ʔibrāhīma fī rabbihi
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Conjugation edit

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Persian edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from Arabic حَاجّ (ḥājj).

Pronunciation edit

 

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

Noun edit

حاج (hâj)

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

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References edit

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