Haj

Definition: Haj

Haj

Noun

1. A pilgrimage to Mecca; every Muslim must make this journey at least once.

Date "haj" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1258. (references)

Abbreviations & Acronyms: Haj

The following table is compiled from various sources, across various languages. When English abbreviations or acronyms come from a non-English source, this is noted.
Entry	Source	Expression	Field
HAJ	English	Hannover	N/A
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Synonyms: Haj

Synonyms: hadj (n), hajj (n). (additional references)

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Crosswords: Haj

Non-English Usage: "Haj" is also a word in the following languages with English translations in parentheses.

Danish (shark), Hungarian (hair, head of hair), Swedish (shark).

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Commercial Usage: Haj

Domain	Title
Books	An Iranian in Nineteenth Century Europe: The Travel Diaries of Haj Sayyah 1859-1877 (reference) Haj, ne hátra, haj elore : 1848 emlékezete : [antol�gia (reference) I dag skal br�ndingen f�de haj : digte 1980 (reference) The Grand Mufti: Haj Amin Al-Hussaini, Founder of the Palestinian National Movement (reference) The Haj (reference) (more book examples)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Non-Fiction Usage: Haj

Subject	Topic	Quote
Business		Recently, the PIA management has decided to put back into commission its grounded Boeing 747-200s and two Airbuses in time for the Haj (Muslim Pilgrimage to Mecca) airlifts scheduled for January 2000. In order to facilitate this operation, PIA has signed an agreement with General Electric for the supply of engines and spare parts. (references)
Economic History	Brunei Darussalam	Men who have completed the Haj wear a white songkok. (references)
	Brunei Darussalam	Bruneians adhere to the practice of using complete full names with all titles, including the title Haji (for men) or Hajjah (for women) for those who have made the Haj pilgrimage to Mecca. (references)
Human Rights	Iran	The Government has arrested more than 40 persons for association with the Freedom Movement, including one of its founders, the prominent legal scholar Dr. Seyed Ahmad Sadr Haj Seyed Javadi. (references)
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

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Usage Frequency: Haj

"Haj" is generally used as a noun (proper) -- approximately 80.00% of the time. "Haj" is used about 15 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)

Parts of Speech	Percent	Usage per 100 Million Words	Rank in English
Noun (proper)	80%	12	101,599
Lexical Verb (base form)	6.67%	1	339,140
Noun (singular)	6.67%	1	339,140
Adjective (general or positive)	6.67%	1	339,140
Total	100.00%	15	N/A

Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Expression: Haj

Hypenated Usage
	Ending with "haj": al-haj.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Haj

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.

Expression	Frequency per Day
the haj	109
haj umrah	10
haj mecca	2
haj john robert ross	2
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translations: Haj

Language		Translations for "haj"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Pig Latin		ajhay.(various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Derivations: Haj

Derivations
	Words beginning with "haj": hajes, haji, hajis, hajj, hajjes, hajji, hajjis. (additional references)
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Anagrams: Haj

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "a-h-j"
	-1 letter: ah, ha.
	Words containing the letters "a-h-j"
	+1 letter: hadj, haji, hajj.
	+2 letters: hadji, hajes, hajis, hajji, jehad, jihad, pujah, rajah, thuja.
	+3 letters: ganjah, hadjee, hadjes, hadjis, hajjes, hajjis, hejira, hijack, jadish, jarrah, jehads, jihads, jubbah, jubhah, pujahs, rajahs, thujas.
	+4 letters: ganjahs, hadjees, harijan, hejiras, hijacks, jacinth, jarhead, jarrahs, jubbahs, jubhahs, jughead, mahjong.
	+5 letters: harijans, highjack, hijacked, hijacker, jacinthe, jacinths, jackfish, jadishly, jagghery, jarheads, johannes, johnboat, jugheads, maharaja, mahjongg, mahjongs, nightjar.
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