Hijra
[ hij-ruh ]
/ ˈhɪdʒ rə /
noun (sometimes lowercase) Islam.
the flight of Muhammad from Mecca to Medina to escape persecution a.d. 622: regarded as the beginning of the Muslim Era.
the Muslim Era itself.
Also
Hegira,
Hij·rah.
Origin of Hijra
From the Arabic word
hijrah flight, departure
Example sentences from the Web for hijrah
The handwriting is of the end of the 9th or beginning of the 10th century of the Hijrah.
The Sufistic Quatrains of Omar Khayyam |Omar Khayyam
British Dictionary definitions for hijrah (1 of 2)
British Dictionary definitions for hijrah (2 of 2)
hijra
/ (ˈhɪdʒrə) /
noun
(in India) a person who adopts a gender role that is neither male nor female
Word Origin for hijra
Urdu: eunuch