English Explanatory Dictionary

Hajjam

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A member of an ethnic group of North India and Pakistan, traditionally working as barbers.
adj
  1. Of or pertaining to the above ethnic group, or the language they speak.

Word forms

Hajjam Hajjams Hajaam Hajam

Etymology

From Hindustani حجام / हज्जाम (hajjām, “barber”), from Classical Persian حجام (hajjām), from Arabic حَجَّام (ḥajjām).

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