For the actress see Haji (actress). For the photographer involved in the Reuters scandal see Adnan Hajj. For the rapper, see Haji Springer. For the BLOOD+ character, see Characters of Blood+

Hajji (Arabic: الحجّي‎ al-ḥağğī, Bosnian: Hadžija, pilgrim) is an honorific title given by some non-Arab communities to a Muslim person who has successfully completed the Hajj to Mecca, and is often used to refer to an elder, since it takes time to accumulate the wealth to fund the travel. The title is placed before a person's name. It is derived from the Arabic al-Hajj, which follows the person's name rather than preceding it. In some areas, the title has been handed down the generations, and has become a family name. Such usage can be seen, for example, in the Bosniak surname Hadžiosmanović, which originally meant son of Hajji Osman. Haji is a Canadian[] actress. ... Adnan Hajj is a Lebanese freelance photographer based in the Middle East, who worked for Reuters over a period of more than 10 years. ... Haji Springer is a rapper from San Francisco, California. ... Blood+ is an anime series, produced by Production I.G and Sonys anime production arm, Aniplex, and is a continuation on the 2000 animated film, Blood: The Last Vampire. ... The following is a list of characters from the anime series Blood+. Spoiler warning: Spoiler Level - High (I) - Production I.G. Spellings; (M) - Blood. ... Arabic ( or just ) is the largest living member of the Semitic language family in terms of speakers. ... Monument to pilgrims in Burgos, Spain This article is on religious pilgrims. ... A Muslim (Arabic: مسلم, Turkish: Müslüman, Persian and Urdu: مسلمان, Bosnian: Musliman) is an adherent of Islam. ... The Hajj (Arabic: ‎, transliteration: ; Turkish: ; Ottoman Turkish: حاج, Hāc; Malay: , Bosnian: ) is the Pilgrimage to Mecca in Islam. ... This article is about the city in Saudi Arabia. ... A family name, surname, or last name is the part of a persons name that indicates to what family he or she belongs. ... Bosniaks (natively: Bošnjaci) are South Slavs descended from those who converted to Islam during the Ottoman period (15th-19th century). ...

Usage in the Balkan Peninsula

In Christian countries formerly under the rule of the Islamic Ottoman Empire in the Balkans, the title was also sometimes used by Christians despite the initial explicit reference to Islam. In the case of Eastern Orthodox Christians, a pilgrimage to Jerusalem and the Holy Sepulchre is almost always meant. The title is rendered as хаджи (hadzhi) in Bulgarian Cyrillic, and хаџи (hadži) in Serbian and Macedonian Cyrillic. In Greek — as the first part in a Greek family name — it is spelled χατζη (khadzi). It can often be found in family names, whether written together, hyphenated or separate, of people who descend from pilgrims from the times of the Ottoman Empire. Christianity is a monotheistic[1] religion centered on the life and teachings of Jesus of Nazareth as presented in the New Testament. ... Motto: دولت ابد مدت Devlet-i Ebed-müddet (The Eternal State) Anthem: Ottoman imperial anthem Borders in 1680, see: list of territories Capital Söğüt (1299-1326) Bursa (1326-1365) Edirne (1365-1453) Constantinople (Istanbul) (1453-1922) Language(s) Ottoman Turkish Government Monarchy Sultans  - 1281–1326 Osman I  - 1918–1922 Mehmed VI... This article or section does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... Eastern Orthodoxy (also called Greek Orthodoxy and Russian Orthodoxy) is a Christian tradition which represents the majority of Eastern Christianity. ... Hebrew יְרוּשָׁלַיִם (Yerushalayim) (Standard) Yerushalayim or Yerushalaim Arabic commonly القـُدْس (Al-Quds); officially in Israel أورشليم القدس (Urshalim-Al-Quds) Name Meaning Hebrew: (see below), Arabic: The Holiness Government City District Jerusalem Population 724,000 (2006) Jurisdiction 123,000 dunams (123 km²) Jerusalem (Hebrew:  , Yerushaláyim or Yerushalaim; Arabic:  , al-Quds, the Holiness)[2... The Church of the Holy Sepulchre, called Church of the Resurrection (Anastasis) by Eastern Christians, is a Christian church now within the walled Old City of Jerusalem. ... The Cyrillic alphabet (or azbuka, from the old name of the first two letters) is an alphabet used for several East and South Slavic languages; (Belarusian, Bulgarian, Macedonian, Russian, Rusyn, Serbian, and Ukrainian) and many other languages of the former Soviet Union, Asia and Eastern Europe. ... Serbian (српски језик; srpski jezik) is one of the standard versions of the Shtokavian dialect, used primarily in Serbia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro, Croatia, and by Serbs everywhere. ... The Cyrillic alphabet (or azbuka, from the old name of the first two letters) is an alphabet used for several East and South Slavic languages; (Belarusian, Bulgarian, Macedonian, Russian, Rusyn, Serbian, and Ukrainian) and many other languages of the former Soviet Union, Asia and Eastern Europe. ... A family name, surname, or last name is the part of a persons name that indicates to what family he or she belongs. ...

Slang usage

From at least as early as 2000, and especially during the 2003 invasion of Iraq, the term Hajji has been documented among U.S. military personnel as a slang reference to all things "civilian" in the Middle East. This is partly due to the fact that many Iraqis have Hajji in front of their name and is often assumed by Westerners to be a first name. Often the term is used to describe a civilian person whose ethnicity, or country of origin, while clearly middle eastern, is unknown. Some racially sensitive people may consider the word an ethnic slur directed at Muslims and Middle-Eastern people in general, but it has been found that Iraqi adults rarely take offense to the name, as it is a badge of honor. The term has gained some minor use beyond the military also. So used, the term is often collective in sense, describing a community of Muslims or Middle-Eastern people, vehicles used by civilians in the Middle East, civilian dwellings, and civilian authority figures, rather than directed towards a particular individual. Hajji can also be used as an adjective for a product of Middle-Eastern origin (for example: "Hajji Coke" for Coca-Cola that is produced in the Middle-East). However, some claim that the word as used by U.S. military personnel refers instead to Hadji, the Johnny Quest cartoon character, and is thus not related to the Muslim title or pilgrimage. Combatants Coalition Forces: United States United Kingdom South Korea Australia Poland Romania others. ... The U.S. Army, like any bureaucratic organization, produces its own acronyms, which often come to have meaning beyond their bare expansions. ... Slang is the use of highly informal words and expressions that are not considered standard in the speakers dialect or language. ... A slur can be anything from an insinuation or critical remark to an insult. ... Hadji is a character on the US television animated series Jonny Quest (1964-65). ... Jonny Quest was a science fiction animated series created by Doug Wildey for Hanna-Barbera which had its debut on ABC in 1964. ...