Where does “pergi haji” come from?

pergi haji (Malay) comes from Malay haji, from Arabic حَجّ, from Arabic حَجَّ — to convince with legal arguments; to make the...

pergi haji (Malay): to go on a hajj (a pilgrimage to Mecca)

Definitions

  1. to go on a hajj (a pilgrimage to Mecca)

Ancestry of “pergi haji”, step by step

pergi haji traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Malay haji

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Malayhajihajji: A Muslim who has participated in a hajj
2Arabicحَجّpilgrimage
3Arabicحَجَّto convince with legal arguments; to make the...

via Malay pergi

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1MalaypergiTo go
Every word from Arabic حَجَّ →Every word from Arabic حَجّ →Every word from Malay haji →