Hajji
Women who complete the Hajj are referred to as Hajjah or الØاجة al-ḤÄjjah., or Hajiya.
In Arab countries, ḤÄjj and ḤÄjjah is a common respectful manner of addressing any older person, regardless of whether or not the person in question has actually performed the pilgrimage.
The term is also used in the Balkan Christian countries that were once under Ottoman domination for a Christian who had traveled to Jerusalem and the Holy Lands.
In Cyprus, where for centuries Christians and Muslims intermixed freely and Jerusalem is conveniently local, the title became so prevalent as to be permanently integrated into some Greek Christian family names, such as Hajiioannou, regardless of any lack of qualification.
Hajji, Haji or Hodgie is more recently used as a derogatory term by American military personnel as a comprehensive term for Iraqis, Arabs, Afghans, or Middle Eastern and South Asian people in general. It is comparable to the term "gook," used by U.S military personnel during the Vietnam War.
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