Hajji

//ˈhæ.dʒi// noun, slang

noun, slang ·Moderate ·College level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    An honorific given to a Muslim who has participated in a hajj.
  2. 2
    an Arabic term of respect for someone who has made the pilgrimage to Mecca wordnet
  3. 3
    Any Muslim or Arab. US, derogatory, ethnic, slang, slur
  4. 4
    a general term used by foreign soldiers to refer to the Iraqi people wordnet

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French hagi, from Ottoman Turkish حاجی (hacı), from Classical Persian حَاجِی (hājī). .

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