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語源

Arabic حج (ħajj, pilgrimage) < حج (ħajja, to overcome).

名詞

hajj (複数形 hajjes)

1. (Islam) The pilgrimage to Mecca made by pious Muslims; one of the five pillars

引用

1855: The word Hajj is explained by Moslem divines to mean “Kasd,” or aspiration, and to express man’s sentiment that he is but a wayfarer on earth wending towards another and a nobler world. — Sir Richard Francis Burton, Personal Narrative of a Pilgrimage to Al-Madinah & Meccah, 1855, Appendix I.

派生語

• Hajji
• muhajir

参考

• ‘umra