Hijra

//ˈhɪd͡ʒɹə//

Synonyms for "hijra" (1 found)

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Translations

111 translations across 52 languages.

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Albanian

1 entries
  • hixhret name (Muhammad's departure from Mecca)

Arabic

3 entries
  • هِجْرَة name (Muhammad's departure from Mecca)
  • هِجْرَة name (alternate term for the Islamic era)
  • هِجْرَة noun (any flight to a better place)

Armenian

2 entries
  • հիջրա name (Muhammad's departure from Mecca)
  • հիջրա noun (any flight to a better place)

Azerbaijani

1 entries
  • hicrət name (Muhammad's departure from Mecca)

Bashkir

1 entries
  • һижрәт name (Muhammad's departure from Mecca)

Belarusian

1 entries
  • гі́джра name (Muhammad's departure from Mecca)

Bengali

2 entries
  • হিজরত name (Muhammad's departure from Mecca)
  • হিজড়া noun (third gender)

Bulgarian

1 entries
  • хи́джра name (Muhammad's departure from Mecca)

Chechen

1 entries
  • хӏиджрат name (Muhammad's departure from Mecca)

Chinese Mandarin

3 entries
  • 伊斯蘭教紀元 /伊斯兰教纪元 name (Muhammad's departure from Mecca)
  • 伊斯蘭教紀元 /伊斯兰教纪元 name (alternate term for the Islamic calendar)
  • 希吉拉 name (Muhammad's departure from Mecca)

Czech

3 entries
  • hidžra name (Muhammad's departure from Mecca)
  • islámský kalendář name (alternate term for the Islamic calendar)
  • islámský letopočet name (alternate term for the Islamic era)

Dari

1 entries
  • هِجْرَت name (Muhammad's departure from Mecca)

Dutch

2 entries
  • hedjra name (Muhammad's departure from Mecca)
  • hidjra name (Muhammad's departure from Mecca)

Finnish

4 entries
  • hidžra name (Muhammad's departure from Mecca)
  • hidžra name (alternate term for the Islamic era)
  • hidžra name (alternate term for the Islamic calendar)
  • hidžra noun (third gender)

French

3 entries
  • hégire name (Muhammad's departure from Mecca)
  • hidjra noun (third gender)
  • hijra noun (third gender)

Georgian

1 entries
  • ჰიჯრა name (Muhammad's departure from Mecca)

German

4 entries
  • Hedschra name (Muhammad's departure from Mecca)
  • Hegira name (Muhammad's departure from Mecca)
  • Hidschra name (Muhammad's departure from Mecca)
  • Hijra noun (third gender)

Gujarati

1 entries
  • હીજડો noun (third gender)

Hebrew

1 entries
  • הג׳רה name (Muhammad's departure from Mecca)

Hindi

4 entries
  • हिजरत name (Muhammad's departure from Mecca)
  • हिजरी name (alternate term for the Islamic calendar)
  • ख़्वाजा सिरा noun (third gender)
  • हिजड़ा m हीजड़ा noun (third gender)

Indonesian

1 entries
  • hijrah name (Muhammad's departure from Mecca)

Iranian Persian

1 entries
  • هِجْرَت name (Muhammad's departure from Mecca)

Italian

1 entries
  • egira name (Muhammad's departure from Mecca)

Japanese

4 entries
  • イスラム教紀元 name (Muhammad's departure from Mecca)
  • ヘジラ name (Muhammad's departure from Mecca)
  • 逃避行 name (Muhammad's departure from Mecca)
  • ひじゅらー noun (third gender)

Kazakh

4 entries
  • хижра name (Muhammad's departure from Mecca)
  • қыжыра name (Muhammad's departure from Mecca)
  • һижра name (Muhammad's departure from Mecca)
  • һижра name (alternate term for the Islamic era)

Korean

1 entries
  • 헤지라 name (Muhammad's departure from Mecca)

Latin

1 entries
  • hegira name (Muhammad's departure from Mecca)

Macedonian

1 entries
  • хиџра name (Muhammad's departure from Mecca)

Malay

3 entries
  • Hijrah name (alternate term for the Islamic era)
  • Hijrah name (alternate term for the Islamic calendar)
  • hijrah name (Muhammad's departure from Mecca)

Marathi

1 entries
  • हिजडा noun (third gender)

Northern Kurdish

1 entries
  • hîcret name (Muhammad's departure from Mecca)

Odia

1 entries
  • ହିଜଡ଼ noun (third gender)

Pashto

1 entries
  • هجرت name (Muhammad's departure from Mecca)

Polish

2 entries
  • hedżra name (Muhammad's departure from Mecca)
  • hidżra name (Muhammad's departure from Mecca)

Portuguese

4 entries
  • hégira name (Muhammad's departure from Mecca)
  • hégira name (alternate term for the Islamic era)
  • hégira name (alternate term for the Islamic calendar)
  • hijra noun (third gender)

Punjabi

4 entries
  • ਖ਼ੁਸਰਾ noun (third gender)
  • ਖੁਸਰਾ noun (third gender)
  • ਹਿਜੜਾ noun (third gender)
  • ਹੀਜੜਾ noun (third gender)

Russian

4 entries
  • ге́джра name (Muhammad's departure from Mecca)
  • ге́джра name (alternate term for the Islamic era)
  • ге́джра name (alternate term for the Islamic calendar)
  • хи́джра name (Muhammad's departure from Mecca)

Serbo-Croatian

4 entries
  • hìdžret name (Muhammad's departure from Mecca)
  • hȉdžra name (Muhammad's departure from Mecca)
  • хи̏џра name (Muhammad's departure from Mecca)
  • хѝџрет name (Muhammad's departure from Mecca)

Sinhala

1 entries
  • හීජිරො noun (third gender)

Slovene

1 entries
  • hidžra name (Muhammad's departure from Mecca)

Spanish

2 entries
  • hégira name (Muhammad's departure from Mecca)
  • héjira name (Muhammad's departure from Mecca)

Swahili

1 entries
  • hijra name (Muhammad's departure from Mecca)

Swedish

1 entries
  • hidjra name (Muhammad's departure from Mecca)

Tagalog

1 entries
  • Hegira name (Muhammad's departure from Mecca)

Tajik

1 entries
  • ҳиҷрат name (Muhammad's departure from Mecca)

Tamil

1 entries
  • திருநங்கை noun (third gender)

Thai

3 entries
  • ฮิจเราะห์ name (Muhammad's departure from Mecca)
  • ฮิจเราะห์ศักราช name (alternate term for the Islamic era)
  • ฮิจเราะห์ศักราช name (alternate term for the Islamic calendar)

Turkish

3 entries
  • hicret name (Muhammad's departure from Mecca)
  • hicri takvim name (alternate term for the Islamic calendar)
  • hicret noun (any flight to a better place)

Ukrainian

1 entries
  • гі́джра name (Muhammad's departure from Mecca)

Urdu

4 entries
  • ہِجْرَت name (Muhammad's departure from Mecca)
  • خواجہ سرا noun (third gender)
  • ہجڑا noun (third gender)
  • ہیجڑا noun (third gender)

Uyghur

1 entries
  • ھىجرەت name (Muhammad's departure from Mecca)

Uzbek

2 entries
  • hijra name (Muhammad's departure from Mecca)
  • hijrat name (Muhammad's departure from Mecca)

Sample sentences

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Since the Muslim lunar year contains only 354 days, the year 2005 is approximately equivalent to Hijra 1426.

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When the Mughal court was disbanded, Muslim hijras were exposed for the first time to the other, Hindu, tradition of eunuchry.

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The subjects of this study are hijras or the "third sex" of India, individuals who occupy a unique, liminal space between male and female, sacred and profane.

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Even more surprisingly, there are female hijras, women who were born women, who are drawn into the gharanas by the attraction and apparent safety of the hierarchies' substitute for family life.

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