Hajar is from the Arabic هاجر (Hājar — to migrate, to flee) — foundational from Arabic hijra (migration). A modern American baby name in the broader Arabic-Muslim heritage aesthetic. Hajar is one of the foundational Arabic feminine names — central to traditional Muslim + Jewish + Christian heritage. The foundational name connects to foundational Hagar / Hājar — foundational legendary foundational Egyptian matriarch + foundational second wife of foundational Prophet Ibrahim / Abraham + foundational mother of foundational Ismail / Ishmael + foundational central to foundational Genesis 16 + 21 + foundational central to foundational Jewish + Christian heritage + foundational central to foundational pan-Abrahamic heritage; foundational also foundational central to foundational Islamic narrative of foundational Zamzam Well — foundational Ibrahim left Hajar + infant Ismail in valley of Mecca + foundational Hajar ran seven times between hills of foundational Safa + Marwah searching for water + foundational miraculous Zamzam Well sprang forth at infant Ismail's feet + foundational central to foundational Hajj pilgrimage — foundational Sa'i ritual (running between Safa + Marwah seven times) foundational central rite of Hajj + foundational ~2.5 million annual pilgrims + foundational central to foundational pan-Islamic spiritual heritage; foundational also foundational Zamzam water foundational sacred Islamic water + foundational ~25 liters per person allowance + foundational central to foundational pan-Muslim Hajj + Umrah heritage; foundational also foundational Hijra (migration of Muhammad to Medina 622 CE) foundational year-1 of Islamic calendar foundational shared etymological root. Foundational Arabic feminine name reflecting Abrahamic + Islamic heritage.
Featured throughout Arabic heritage.
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Hajar reduces to six.