hajj

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun

The pilgrimage to Mecca made by pious Muslims; the fifth of the five pillars of Islam.

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From Arabic حَجّ (ḥajj, “pilgrimage”), from حَجَّ (ḥajja, “to go, to repair”).

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