حاجی
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Persian[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from Arabic حَجِّيّ (ḥajjiyy).
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Classical Persian) IPA(key): [hɑː.ˈd͡ʒiː]
- (Iran, formal) IPA(key): [hɒː.d͡ʒíː]
- (Tajik, formal) IPA(key): [hɔ.d͡ʒí]
| Readings | |
|---|---|
| Classical reading? | hājī |
| Dari reading? | hājī |
| Iranian reading? | hâji |
| Tajik reading? | hojī |
Noun[edit]
حاجی • (hâji) (plural حاجیان (hâjiân) or حاجیها (hâji-hâ) or حجّاج (hojjâj))
- (Islam) a hajji, one who has participated in a hajj.
- (figurative) used to address an elderly, usually pious-looking men. Also used as a title.
- (colloquial, in the vocative) dude or mate. Chiefly used to address a young, male, friend.
- حاجی امتحان خیلی سخت بود! اصن پشمام ریخته!
- hâji emtehân xeyli saxt bud! asan pašmâm rixte!
- Dude, the exam was crazily difficult! I was like, freaked out!
Derived terms[edit]
- حاجی فیروز (hâji-firuz)
- حاجی بازاری (hâji-bâzâri)
- حاجی ارزانی (hâji-arzâni), حاجی ارزونی (hâji-arzuni)
- حاجی بابا (hâji-bâbâ)
- حاجی دایی (hâji-dâyi)
- حاجی واشنگتن (hâji-vâšangton)
- حاجی لَکلَک (hâji-lak-lak)
Related terms[edit]
References[edit]
- Dehkhoda, Ali-Akbar (1931–) “حاجی”, in Dehkhoda Dictionary Institute, editors, Dehkhoda Dictionary (in Persian), Tehran: University of Tehran Press