haji

• Rhymes: -ɑːdʒi

haji (plural hajis)

1. Alternative spelling of hajji.

haji

1. (Islam) hajj

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

hajì m (possessed form hajìn)

1. alternative form of hajji

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

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

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)

• Haji

• “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

haji

1. Rōmaji transcription of はじ

haji

1. romanization of ꦲꦗꦶ

• (Baku, Johor-Riau) IPA^(key): /ˈhad͡ʒi/ [ˈha.d͡ʒi]

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• Rhymes: -i
• Hyphenation: ha‧ji

From Arabic حَجّ (ḥajj).

haji (plural haji-haji)

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.

• > Indonesian: haji (inherited)

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.

haji (plural haji-haji)

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.

• “haji”, in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu [Malay Literary Reference Centre] (in Malay), Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017

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

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

haji

1. king

• aji

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

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

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

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

haji

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

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

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• Sundanese: haji

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

From Old Sundanese haji, ultimately from Proto-Polynesian *qariki.

haji (Sundanese script ᮠᮏᮤ)

1. king

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

haji (Sundanese script ᮠᮏᮤ)

1. (Islam) hajj (pilgrimage to Mecca)

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

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Borrowed from Arabic حَجّ (ḥajj).

haji class IX (plural haji class X)

1. (Islam) hajj (pilgrimage to Mecca)

Borrowed from Arabic حَجِّي (ḥajjī).

haji class V (plural mahaji class VI)

1. (Islam) hajji (pilgrim to Mecca)

• (pilgrim): alhaji