Alhaji

Hajji (sometimes spelled Hadji, Haji, Alhaji, Al hage, Al hag or El-Hajj) is a title which is originally given to a Muslim person who has successfully completed the Hajj to Mecca. It is also often used to refer to an elder, since it can take time to accumulate the wealth to fund the travel, and in many Muslim societies as an honorific title for a respected man. The title is placed before a person's name; for example Saif Gani becomes Hajji Saif Gani.

"Hadži" is also used in Christian Orthodox religion for people who go on pilgrimage to the grave of Christ in Jerusalem. It can be then added to the surname for men (e.g. Hadži-Petrović) or before the first name for women (Hadžika).

Hajji is derived from the Arabic ḥājj, which is the active participle of the verb ḥajja ("to make the pilgrimage"). The alternative form ḥajjī is derived from the name of the Hajj with the adjectival suffix -ī, and this was the form adopted by non-Arabic languages. In some areas the title has become a family name, for example in the Bosniak surname Hadžiosmanović ("son of Hajji Osman").

Arabic: حاج‎‎ Ħājj or حجّي Ħajjī; Egyptian Arabic: حجّ/Ḥagg‎‎, pronounced [ħæɡ]; Persian: حاجی Hâji/Hāji or حاج Hâj/Hāj; Pashto: حاجی, Hāji; Greek: Χατζής; Albanian: Haxhi,; Bulgarian: Хаджия, Hadžija, حاجىيا; Macedonian: Хаџија, Hadžija; Bosnian: Hadžija/Хаџија, حاجىيا; Belarusian: Хаджы, Chadžy, خاجِ; Kurdish: Hecî‎, Һәщи, ھەجی; Serbian: Хаџи/Hadži; Azerbaijani and Turkish: Hacı; Hausa: Alhaji. All mean "pilgrim".

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