haji

See also: Haji, háji, and hájí

English

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɑːdʒi

Noun

haji (plural hajis)

1. Alternative spelling of hajji.

Acehnese

Noun

haji

1. (Islam) hajj

Hausa

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /há.(d)ʒì/
  • (Standard Kano Hausa) IPA^(key): [há.d͡ʒɪ̀]

Noun

hajì m (possessed form hajìn)

1. alternative form of hajji

Indonesian

Etymology

From Malay haji, from Arabic حَجِّيّ (ḥajjiyy, “hajji”), حَجّ (ḥajj, “hajj”).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /ˈhad͡ʒi/ [ˈha.d͡ʒi]
• Rhymes: -ad͡ʒi
• Syllabification: ha‧ji

Noun

haji (plural haji-haji)

1. (Islam) hajj (the pilgrimage to Mecca made by pious Muslims; one of the five pillars of Islam)
2. (Islam) hajji (one who has participated in a hajj)

Alternative forms

• Haji

Hyponyms

• haji akbar
• haji badal
• haji ifrad
• haji kecil
• haji kiran
• haji laut
• haji mabrur
• haji makbul
• haji mardud
• haji perpisahan
• haji tamatuk
• haji udara
• haji wadak

Derived terms

• berhaji
• kehajian
• menghajikan
• perhajian

Further reading

• “haji”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016

Japanese

Romanization

haji

1. Rōmaji transcription of はじ

Javanese

Romanization

haji

1. romanization of ꦲꦗꦶ

Malay

Pronunciation

• (Literary Standard, Southern Peninsular Malaysia Standard) IPA^(key): /ˈhad͡ʒi/ [ˈha.d͡ʒi]

• Audio (Malaysia):

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• Rhymes: -i
• Hyphenation: ha‧ji

Etymology 1

From Arabic حَجّ (ḥajj).

Noun

haji (plural haji-haji or haji²)

1. (Islam) Ellipsis of fardu haji (“hajj: The pilgrimage to Mecca made by pious Muslims; one of the five pillars of Islam”)

   Hypernym: rukun Islam

2. (Islam) hajji: A Muslim who has participated in a hajj.

Derived terms

Affixations

• hajikan, menghajikan

Compounds

• bulan Haji
• haji akbar, haji akbar besar
• haji badal
• haji ifrad
• haji mabrur
• haji mardud
• haji qiran
• haji sunat
• haji tamatuk
• haji widak
• Hari Raya Haji
• jemaah haji
• kapal haji
• naik haji, pergi haji (“to go on a hajj”)
• rukun haji
• Syeikh Haji
• tabung haji
• Tabung Haji

Descendants

• > Indonesian: haji (inherited)

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Javanese ꦲꦗꦶ (aji), from Old Javanese aji ~ haji cognate with Tagalog hari. Doublet of aji, mostly displaced by raja.

Sense in checkers further influenced by Arabic loan homonym above.

Noun

haji (plural haji-haji or haji²)

1. (obsolete) Alternative form of aji (“king”)

   Synonym: raja

2. checker / draughts piece that reached the farthest row forward in the board, thus crowned (by stacking another checker on it) and gaining more freedom of movement.

Derived terms

Compounds

• naik haji (“to promote a piece in checkers”)

Further reading

• "haji" in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu (PRPM) [Malay Literary Reference Centre (PRPM)] (in Malay), Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017
  (also see "haji" at PRPM first version)

Old Javanese

Etymology

Compare Central Bikol hadi, Cebuano hari, Cuyunon adi, Ilocano ari, Mansaka ari, Waray-Waray hadi, and Malay aji; and distantly Māori ariki, Proto-Polynesian *qariki

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /had͡ʒi/
• Rhymes: -d͡ʒi
• Hyphenation: ha‧ji

Noun

haji

1. king

Alternative forms

• aji

Derived terms

• kahajyan

Descendants

• Javanese: ꦲꦗꦶ (aji)
• → Balinese: aji
• → Malay: aji
  • Indonesian: aji
• → Tagalog: hari

Further reading

• "haji" in P.J. Zoetmulder with the collaboration of S.O. Robson, Old Javanese-English Dictionary. 's-Gravenhage: M. Nijhoff, 1982.

Old Sundanese

Etymology

Compare Old Javanese haji, Cebuano hari, Tagalog hari, Ilocano ari, Javanese ꦲꦗꦶ (aji), Balinese aji, and Malay aji; and distantly Māori ariki, Proto-Polynesian *qariki

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /had͡ʒi/
• Hyphenation: ha‧ji

Noun

haji

1. king
   • c. 16th century, Carita Parahiyangan:

     Rahiyangtang Kedul wurung ngadeg haji, kena rohang, ja mangka ngaran Rahiyang Sempakwaja.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Descendants

• Sundanese: haji

Sundanese

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /had͡ʒi/
• Hyphenation: ha‧ji

Etymology 1

From Old Sundanese haji.

Noun

haji (Sundanese spelling ᮠᮏᮤ)

1. (obsolete) king

Derived terms

• paku haji
• sangaji

Etymology 2

From Malay haji, from Arabic حَجّ (ḥajj, “hajj”).

Noun

haji (Sundanese spelling ᮠᮏᮤ)

1. (Islam) hajj (pilgrimage to Mecca)

Further reading

• "HADJI", in Coolsma, S (1913), Soendaneesch-Hollandsch Woordenboek (in Dutch), Leiden: A.W. Sijthoff's Uitgeversmaatschappij

Swahili

Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

Borrowed from Arabic حَجّ (ḥajj).

Noun

haji class IX (plural haji class X)

1. (Islam) hajj (pilgrimage to Mecca)

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Arabic حَجِّي (ḥajjī).

Noun

haji class V (plural mahaji class VI)

1. (Islam) hajji (pilgrim to Mecca)

Synonyms

• (pilgrim): alhaji