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hegira

/ˈhɛd͡ʒɪɹə/

hegira noun: a journey taken to escape from danger; an exodus.

Noun

hegira (plural hegiras)

  1. A journey taken to escape from danger; an exodus.
    • By all odds the most remarkable westward migration before the California gold rush of 1849 was the Mormon hegira to the Great Salt Lake basin.1988, James McPherson, Battle Cry for Freedom, Oxford, published 2003, page 43

Proper noun capitalized: Hegira

Hegira

  1. (alternative) Alternative form of Hijra.

Forms of hegira

pluralhegiras
alternative formhijra

Origin of hegira

From Arabic هِجْرَة (hijra, “exodus; emigration”). Doublet of hijra.

From Medieval Latin hegira, from Arabic هِجْرَة (hijra, “Hijra; emigration”), from the verb هَجَرَ (hajara, “to emigrate; to abandon”). Doublet of Hijra, directly from Arabic.

Words formed from hegira

Questions about hegira

What does hegira mean?
Hegira means a journey taken to escape from danger; an exodus.
What part of speech is hegira?
Hegira can be a noun or a proper noun.
How do you pronounce hegira?
Hegira is pronounced /ˈhɛd͡ʒɪɹə/.
What is the plural of hegira?
The plural of hegira is hegiras.

Words near hegira in the dictionary

  1. Hegges
  2. Heggie
  3. Heggies
  4. Heggs
  5. Hegins
  6. hegira
  7. hegiras
  8. Hegirian
  9. Hegland
  10. Heglands
  11. Hegler

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