# حج
## Arabic
### Etymology 1.1

From ح ج ج (ḥ j j). Compare Hebrew חַג (ḥaḡ, “feast-day”), Classical Syriac ܚܓܐ (ḥaggā, “feast”), Classical Syriac ܚܳܓ (ḥāgg, “to go around”), Ge'ez ሕግ (ḥəgg, “law”), Ge'ez ሐገገ (ḥaggaga, “to legislate, to decree”). Perhaps related to حَقَّ (ḥaqqa, “to be right”) and words corresponding to this root in the other Semitic languages, there being for example Hebrew חוק (ḥóqq, “law”).

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ħad͡ʒ.d͡ʒa/

#### Verb

حَجَّ • (ḥajja) I (non-past يَحُجُّ (yaḥujju), verbal noun حَجّ (ḥajj))
* to overcome, defeat, defend (with arguments, evidence, etc.)
* to convince
* (religion) to make a pilgrimage
** (Islam) to perform the hajj (make a pilgrimage to Mecca according to a specific ritual)
* to go towards, visit, repair to (obsolete)

##### Descendants

* → Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܗܵܝܸܓ̰ (hāyij, “to wander aimlessly”)

### Etymology 1.2
#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ħad͡ʒd͡ʒ/
** (Egyptian) IPA: /ħaɡɡ/
** (Moroccan) IPA: /ħaʒʒ/
** (North Levantine) IPA: /ħaʒʒ/

#### Noun

حَجّ • (ḥajj) m (usually uncountable)
* verbal noun of حَجَّ (ḥajja) (form I)
* (religion) pilgrimage
** (Islam) hajj (pilgrimage to Mecca according to a specific ritual)

##### Synonyms

* حِجَّة (ḥijja)

##### Related terms

* اِحْتِجَاج (iḥtijāj)
* تَحَجُّج (taḥajjuj)
* حَاجّ (ḥājj)
* حَجَاج (ḥajāj)
* حُجَّة (ḥujja)
* حُجِّيَّة (authority)
* ذُو الْحِجَّة (ḏū l-ḥijja)
* مَحَجَّة (maḥajja)
* مَحَجّ (maḥajj)
* مُحْتَجّ (muḥtajj)

##### Further reading

* حج on the Arabic Wikipedia.Wikipedia $^{ar}$

### References

* Dozy, Reinhart Pieter Anne (1881) “حج”, in Supplément aux dictionnaires arabes‎ (in French), volume 1, Leiden: E. J. Brill, page 248
* Freytag, Georg (1830) “حج”, in Lexicon arabico-latinum praesertim ex Djeuharii Firuzabadiique et aliorum Arabum operibus adhibitis Golii quoque et aliorum libris confectum‎ (in Latin), volume 1, Halle: C. A. Schwetschke, page 344
* Lane, Edward William (1863) “حج”, in Arabic-English Lexicon‎, London: Williams & Norgate, pages 513–514
* Wehr, Hans (1979) “حج”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN, pages 183–184

## Egyptian Arabic

* Root
* ح ج ج
* 1 term

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ħaɡɡ/, [ħæɡː] (before a vowel), [ˈħaɡːe] (before a consonant), [ħæɡ] (sentence-final)

### Etymology 1

From Arabic حَاجّ (ḥājj), active participle of حَجَّ (ḥajja, “to preform the hajj”).

#### Noun

حجّ • (ḥagg) m (plural حجّاج (ḥuggāg), feminine حجّة (ḥagga))
* (singular only) Traditional term of address to an older man.
* One who has preformed hajj.

### Etymology 2

From Arabic حَجَّ (ḥajja).

#### Verb

حجّ • (ḥagg) I (verbal noun حجّ (ḥagg), active participle حاجج (ḥāgig))
* to make a pilgrimage to Mecca, to preform hajj

##### Conjugation
## Moroccan Arabic

* Root
* ح ج ج
* 1 term

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ħaʒʒ/
* Audio:(file)

### Etymology 1

From Arabic حَجَّ (ḥajja).

#### Verb

حج • (ḥagg) I (non-past يحُج (yḥujj) or يحَج (yḥajj))
* to make a pilgrimage to mecca

##### Conjugation
### Etymology 2

From Arabic حَجّ (ḥajj).

#### Noun

حج • (ḥajj) m (usually uncountable)
* (religion) pilgrimage
** (Islam) hajj (pilgrimage to Mecca according to a specific ritual)

## Ottoman Turkish
### Etymology

From Arabic حَجّ (ḥajj).

### Noun

حج • (hacc)
* (Islam) hajj, pilgrimage to Mecca

## Persian
### Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic حَجّ (ḥajj).

### Pronunciation

* (Classical Persian) IPA: [hadd͡ʒ]
* (Dari, formal) IPA: [häd̪d͡ʒ]
* (Dari, formal) IPA: [häd̪d͡ʒ]
** (Kabuli) IPA: [häd̪d͡ʒ]
** (Hazaragi) IPA: [häd̪d͡ʒ̥]
* (Iran, formal) IPA: [hæd̪d͡ʒ̥]
* (Tajik, formal) IPA: [häd̪d͡ʒ]

### Noun

| Dari | حج |
| Iranian Persian | حج |
| Tajik | ҳаҷҷ |
حج • (hajj)
* (Islam) pilgrimage to Mecca, hajj
** Rumi, Divan-e Shams, ghazal 648
    ای قوم به حج رفته کجایید کجایید معشوق همین جاست بیایید بیاییدO, you people who have performed hajj, where are you? Where are you? The beloved is right here, come! Come!

#### Derived terms

* حاجی (hâjji)

## Urdu
### Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian حج (hajj), from Arabic حَجّ (ḥajj).

### Pronunciation

* (Standard Urdu) IPA: /ɦəd̪d͡ʒ/

### Noun

حج • (hajj) m (Hindi spelling हज्ज)
* (Islam) hajj, pilgrimage to Mecca