Hegira
//ˈhɛd͡ʒɪɹə// name, noun
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Definitions
Noun
- 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."
- 2 a journey by a large group to escape from a hostile environment wordnet
Proper Noun
- 1 Alternative form of Hijra. alt-of, alternative
Example
More examples"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."
Etymology
Etymology 1
From Arabic هِجْرَة (hijra, “exodus; emigration”). Doublet of hijra.
Etymology 2
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.
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