ḥgg / Semitic roots

Examples of words with the root ḥgg: Dhu'l-Hijjah, Haggai, haj, haji.

ḥgg

Central Semitic, to make a pilgrimage.

1. Haggai, from Hebrew ḥaggay, perhaps "born on a feast day" from ḥag, pilgrimage-feast, from ḥāgag, to make a pilgrimage, keep a pilgrimage-feast.
2.
a. Dhu'l-Hijjah, from Arabic ḏūl-ḥijja, the one of the pilgrimage;;
b. haj, from Arabic ḥajj, pilgrimage. Both a and b from Arabic ḥajja, to make a pilgrimage;;
c. haji, from Arabic ḥājj, pilgrim, active participle of ḥajja (see above).

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