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Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   A person who accompanied Muhammad during his migration from Mecca to Medina in 622.
2. 2
   A person who migrated to Pakistan after the Partition of India in August 1947, or one of the descendants.

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hajji

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic مُهَاجِر (muhājir, literally “emigrant”). Sense 2 is from its Urdu derivative مُہَاجِر (muhājir).

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