Where does “хаџија” come from?

хаџија (Serbo-Croatian) comes from Serbo-Croatian хаџ, from Ottoman Turkish حج, from Arabic حَجّ, from Arabic حَجَّ — to convince with legal arguments; to make the...

хаџија (Serbo-Croatian): a Muslim who has participated in a hajj, a hajji

Definitions

  1. a Muslim who has participated in a hajj, a hajji

Ancestry of “хаџија”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Serbo-Croatianхаџhajj
2Ottoman Turkishحجhajj, pilgrimage to Mecca
3Arabicحَجّpilgrimage
4Arabicحَجَّto convince with legal arguments; to make the...
Every word from Arabic حَجَّ →Every word from Arabic حَجّ →Every word from Ottoman Turkish حج →