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Etymology
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From Arabic هِجْرَة (hijra, “departure, exodus”), used in reference to Muhammad’s flight from Mecca to Medina in 622 CE, from the verb هَجَرَ (hajara, “emigrate, to abandon”). Doublet of Hegira, which went through Latin.
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Hijra
- The flight of Muhammad and his followers from Mecca to Yathrib (later Medina) in 622 ce, which forms the first year of the Islamic era (ah 1).
- AH: the Islamic era, dated from the Hijra.
- Since the Muslim lunar year contains only 354 days, the year 2005 is approximately equivalent to Hijra 1426.
- The Islamic calendar, dated from the Hijra.
Translations
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Muhammad's departure from Mecca
- Albanian: hixhret
- Arabic: هِجْرَة (ar) f (hijra)
- Armenian: հիջրա (hy) (hiǰra)
- Azerbaijani: hicrət (az)
- Bashkir: һижрәт (hijrət)
- Belarusian: гі́джра f (hídžra)
- Bengali: হিজরত (bn) (hijrot)
- Bulgarian: хи́джра f (hídžra)
- Chechen: хӏиджрат (hidžrat)
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 伊斯蘭教紀元/伊斯兰教纪元 (Yīsīlánjiāo jìyuán), 希吉拉 (xījílā)
- Czech: hidžra (cs) f
- Dutch: hedjra, hidjra
- Finnish: hidžra
- French: hégire (fr) f
- Georgian: ჰიჯრა (ka) (hiǯra)
- German: Hedschra (de) f, Hidschra (de) f, Hegira f
- Hebrew: הג׳רה
- Hindi: हिजरत (hi) f (hijrat)
- Indonesian: hijrah (id)
- Italian: egira (it) f
- Japanese: ヘジラ (hejira), イスラム教紀元 (Isuramukyō kigen), 逃避行 (ja) (とうひこう, tōhikō)
- Kazakh: һижра (hijra), қыжыра (qyjyra), хижра (xijra)
- Korean: 헤지라 (hejira)
- Kurdish:
- Northern Kurdish: hîcret (ku)
- Latin: hegira f
- Macedonian: хиџра f (hidžra)
- Malay: hijrah
- Pashto: هجرت (ps) m (heǰrát)
- Persian: هجرت (fa) (hejrat)
- Polish: hidżra f, hedżra f
- Portuguese: hégira (pt) f
- Russian: хи́джра (ru) f (xídžra), ге́джра (ru) f (gédžra)
- Serbo-Croatian:
- Cyrillic: хиџра f, хиџрет m
- Roman: hidžra (sh) f, hidžret (sh) m
- Slovene: hidžra f
- Spanish: hégira (es) f, héjira f
- Swahili: hijra
- Swedish: hidjra
- Tagalog: Hegira
- Tajik: ҳиҷрат (hijrat)
- Thai: ฮิจเราะห์ (th)
- Turkish: hicret (tr)
- Ukrainian: гі́джра f (hídžra)
- Urdu: ہجرت f (hijrat)
- Uyghur: ھىجرەت (hijret)
- Uzbek: hijra (uz), hijrat (uz)
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alternate term for the Islamic era
alternate term for the Islamic calendar
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