حج

Arabic

Etymology 1

From ح ج ج (ḥ-j-j). Compare Hebrew חַג (ḥaḡ, feast-day), Classical Syriac ܚܓܐ (ḥaggā, feast), Classical Syriac ܚܳܓ (ḥāgg, to go around), Ge'ez ሕግ (ḥəgg, law), Ge'ez ሐገገ (ḥaggaga, to legislate, to decree). Perhaps related to حَقَّ (ḥaqqa, to be right) and words corresponding to this root in the other Semitic languages, there being for example Hebrew חוק (ḥóqq, law).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ħad͡ʒ.d͡ʒa/

Verb

حَجَّ (ḥajja) I, non-past يَحُجُّ‎ (yaḥujju)

  1. to overcome, defeat (with arguments, evidence, etc.)
  2. to convince
  3. to make the pilgrimage to Mecca, to perform the hajj
Conjugation
References
  • Wehr, Hans (1976), حج”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 3rd edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN
  • Lane, Edward William (1863), حج”, in Arabic-English Lexicon, London: Williams & Norgate

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ħad͡ʒd͡ʒ/
  • (Egyptian) IPA(key): /ħaɡɡ/
  • (Levantine) IPA(key): /ħaʒʒ/

Noun

حَجّ (ḥajj) m (plural حِجَج (ḥijaj))

  1. verbal noun of حَجَّ (ḥajja) (form I)
  2. (Islam) hajj, pilgrimage
Declension
Synonyms

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ħud͡ʒd͡ʒ/

Noun

حُجّ (ḥujj) m pl

  1. plural of حَاجّ (ḥājj)

Egyptian Arabic

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ħæɡː/

Verb

حج (ħagg) (perfect, imperfect يحج (yiħigg), Verb form I)

  1. to make a pilgrimage to mecca

Conjugation


Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic حَجّ (ḥajj).

Noun

حج (hacc)

  1. (Islam) hajj, pilgrimage to Mecca

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic حَجّ (ḥajj).

Noun

Dari Persian حج
Iranian Persian حج
Tajiki Persian ҳаҷҷ (hajj)

حج (hajj)

  1. (Islam) pilgrimage to Mecca, hajj
    • Rumi, Divan-e Shams, ghazal 648
      ای قوم به حج رفته کجایید کجایید
      معشوق همین جاست بیایید بیایید
      O, you people who have performed hajj, where are you? Where are you?
      The beloved is right here, come! Come!

Derived terms

  • حاجی (hâjji)

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic حَجّ (ḥajj).

Noun

حج (hajj) m (Hindi spelling हज्ज)

  1. (Islam) hajj, pilgrimage to Mecca
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