hicret

Turkish

Etymology

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish هجرت (hicret), from Arabic هِجْرَة (hijra).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /hid͡ʒˈɾet/
• Hyphenation: hic‧ret

Noun

hicret (definite accusative hicreti, plural hicretler)

1. hijra (any flight to a better place)

   Synonym: göç

2. (Islam) Hijra (Muhammad's departure from Mecca)

Declension

Inflection
Nominative	hicret
Definite accusative	hicreti
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	hicret	hicretler
Definite accusative	hicreti	hicretleri
Dative	hicrete	hicretlere
Locative	hicrette	hicretlerde
Ablative	hicretten	hicretlerden
Genitive	hicretin	hicretlerin

Derived terms

• hicret etmek

Further reading

• “hicret”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu
• Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “hicret”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
• Ayverdi, İlhan (2010) “hicret”, in Misalli Büyük Türkçe Sözlük, a reviewed and expanded single-volume edition, Istanbul: Kubbealtı Neşriyatı
• Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “hicret”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 2, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 1913