Hadj
/hædʒ/noun
A pilgrimage to Mecca, especially the pilgrimage prescribed as a religious duty in Islam.
Did you know?Hadj is an older English spelling of hajj, the pilgrimage that forms one of the Five Pillars of Islam and culminates in rituals connected with Abrahamic tradition.
Etymological Timeline
Classical Arabic
Arabic
ḥajj
“Pilgrimage, especially the pilgrimage to Mecca”
Early Islamic period
Arabic
ḥajj
“The canonical pilgrimage to Mecca performed during the designated month”
17th Century
English
hاج / hadj
“A pilgrimage to Mecca; an English rendering of Arabic ḥajj”
18th Century
English
hadji
“A Muslim who has completed the pilgrimage to Mecca”
Modern English
English
hadj
“An established variant spelling of hajj, meaning the pilgrimage to Mecca”