حاج

العربية · Thesaurus

AI In plain words

Writing a short explanation…

Written by a house AI from the entry below, in your language. The entry itself is the source.

حاج¹

Where it comes from

Derived from the active participle of the verb حَجَّ (ḥajja, “to go on a pilgrimage”).

noun حَاجّ · ḥājj · حَاجُّون · حُجَّاج · حَجِيج · حَاجَّة

  1. pilgrim, especially to Mecca
  2. a title given to people who have performed the pilgrimage to Mecca
  3. a title given to people who have performed a pilgrimage to Jerusalem

حاج²

Where it comes from

Borrowed from Aramaic חָגָּה / ܚܓܐ (ḥāggā, “Alhagi”), from Akkadian 𒂊𒄖𒌋 (egû, “Alhagi”).

noun حَاج · ḥāj · حَاجَة · الْحَاج

  1. collective camelthorn, manna tree, Alhagi gen. et spp.

حاج³

verb حَاجَّ · ḥājja · يُحَاجُّ · مُحَاجَّة · حِجَاج

  1. to argue with (someone) أَلَمْ تَرَ إِلَى الَّذِي حَاجَّ إِبْرَاهِيمَ فِي رَبِّهِ

    Similar: جَادَلَ

حاج⁴

noun حَاج · ḥāj

  1. obsolete, plural plural of حَاجَة (ḥāja)

In English

  • argue to debate, disagree, or discuss opposing or differing viewpoints
  • hajji one who has participated in a hajj
  • pilgrim traveler, especially to religious sites

Talk about this word

Cite this
MLA

"حاج." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/ar/%D8%AD%D8%A7%D8%AC. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

APA

حاج. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/ar/%D8%AD%D8%A7%D8%AC

Chicago

"حاج." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/ar/%D8%AD%D8%A7%D8%AC.

BibTeX
@misc{micwyn_2026,
  title = {حاج},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/ar/%D8%AD%D8%A7%D8%AC},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}

The meanings are in English: this language's words come from the English Wiktionary. From Wiktionary, the free dictionary, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.