Hari Raya Haji

Hari Raya Haji is the Malay name for Eid al-Adha, the Islamic Festival of Sacrifice. Not concerning, just religious vocabulary. Public holiday in Malaysia, Singapore, Brunei. If your kid uses it constantly, ask them where they first heard it, not to police their speech but to understand which online community they are in. Most slang of this kind moves through TikTok and group chats, so seeing it in your child's vocabulary just means they are plugged into normal teen internet culture.

Hari Raya Haji is the Malay term for Eid al-Adha (the Islamic Festival of Sacrifice). Use in Southeast Asian Islamic contexts. Formal equivalent: "Eid al-Adha," "Festival of Sacrifice." Common non-native mistake: confusing with Hari Raya Aidilfitri (Eid al-Fitr, end of Ramadan). The two are distinct Islamic festivals. Read or listen to the word in context several times before trying it yourself; the right register is harder to learn than the dictionary meaning.