हिजरत

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian هجرت (hijrat), from Arabic هِجْرَة (hijra). Compare Bengali হিজরত (hijrot).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi Hindi) IPA^(key): /ɦɪd͡ʒ.ɾət̪/, [ɦɪd͡ʒ.ɾɐt̪]

Noun

हिजरत • (hijrat) f (Urdu spelling ہجرت)

1. exodus, exile, forced departure from one's homeland

   Synonym: देश-त्याग (deś-tyāg)

2. (Islam) the Hijra

Declension

Declension of हिजरत (fem cons-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	हिजरत hijrat	हिजरतें hijratẽ
oblique	हिजरत hijrat	हिजरतों hijratõ
vocative	हिजरत hijrat	हिजरतो hijrato

Related terms

• हिजरी (hijrī)

References

• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “हिजरत”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press