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haj⋅ji

  [haj-ee]
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–noun, plural haj⋅jis.
1. a Muslim who has gone on a pilgrimage to Mecca.
2. a Christian from Greece, Armenia, or any country of the Near East, who has visited the Holy Sepulcher at Jerusalem.
Also, hadji, haji.

Origin:
1600–10; < Ar ḥajjī, equiv. to ḥajj pilgrimage + -ī suffix of appurtenance
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haj·i or haj·ji also hadj·i   (hāj'ē)   
n.   pl. haj·is or haj·jis also hadj·is Islam
  1. One who has made a pilgrimage to Mecca.
  2. Often used as a form of address for one who has made such a pilgrimage.

[Persian ḥājī, from Arabic ḥājj, pilgrim, active participle of ḥajja, to perform the Meccan pilgrimage; see ḥgg in Semitic roots.]
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