Hajji
/ˈhædʒi/noun
A Muslim who has completed the pilgrimage to Mecca.
Did you know?Hajji is an honorific traditionally placed before or after a person’s name after completing the Hajj, the pilgrimage to Mecca required of Muslims who are able to undertake it.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Semitic
Proto-Semitic
*ḥ-j-j
“A reconstructed Semitic root associated with pilgrimage or making a ritual journey”
Ancient Arabic
Arabic
ḥajja
“He undertook a pilgrimage or made for a sacred destination”
Classical Arabic
Arabic
ḥajj
“The pilgrimage to Mecca”
Classical Arabic
Arabic
ḥājjī
“A person who has performed the Hajj; literally, one connected with pilgrimage”
Ottoman Period
Ottoman Turkish
hacı
“A Muslim pilgrim who had completed the pilgrimage to Mecca”
17th Century
English
hadji
“A Muslim who had made the pilgrimage to Mecca”
Modern English
English
hajji
“A Muslim who has completed the Hajj”