Meaning

noun a general term used by foreign soldiers to refer to the Iraqi people

noun an Arabic term of respect for someone who has made the pilgrimage to Mecca

originFrom Ottoman Turkish حاجی (hacı), from Classical Persian حَاجِی (hājī), from Arabic حَاجّ (ḥājj, “person who has performed the pilgrimage to Mecca”).

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 3.0