haji

For 13 centuries, pious Moslems have done so, and thereafter been honored as haji.

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Dried shallots and pashmak and haji badum, which are these little baked almond candies, and a new tablecloth.

From "Darius the Great Is Not Okay" by Adib Khorram

I put my clothes on and came into the waiting area where Esther, Leslie, and Al- haji sat.

From "A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier" by Ishmael Beah

The latter part of their name, aji , or rather aspirated haji , signifies a pilgrim, and is now the appropriate title of one who has made the great pilgrimage of Mecca.

From A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels — Volume 02 Arranged in Systematic Order: Forming a Complete History of the Origin and Progress of Navigation, Discovery, and Commerce, by Sea and Land, from the Earliest Ages to the Present Time by Kerr, Robert

Then an old wizened fellow, a haji from his green turban showing he had seen Mecca, came up and they conversed.

From In Mesopotamia by Nicoll, Maurice

Defectors, say the Saudis, are "guests" and "Arab brothers" -- and all EPWs are considered hajis, religious pilgrims to Mecca, and are to be treated accordingly.

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