Hijra

hijra English + (Islam) Alternative forms en Hijrah, en Hidjra en Hegira, en Hejira uncommon en hijra Etymology From en ar هِجْرَة departure, exodus, used in reference to Muhammad’s flight from Mecca to Medina in 622 CE, from the verb ar هَجَرَ emigrate, to abandon. en Hegira, which went through Latin. en ar ه ج ر Pronunciation en /ˈhɪd͡ʒɹə/ en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Sumxr-Hijra.wav US Proper noun en Q131482 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. en 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 Muhammad's departure from Mecca Albanian: sq hixhret Arabic: ar هِجْرَة f Armenian: hy հիջրա Azerbaijani: az hicrət Bashkir: ba һижрәт Belarusian: be гі́джра f, be хі́джра f Bengali: bn হিজরত Bulgarian: bg хи́джра f Chechen: ce хӏиджрат Chinese: Mandarin: cmn 伊斯蘭教紀元 Yīsīlánjiāo jìyuán, cmn 希吉拉 xījílā Czech: cs hidžra f Dutch: nl hedjra, nl hidjra Finnish: fi hidžra French: fr hégire f Georgian: ka ჰიჯრა German: de Hedschra f, de Hidschra f, de Hegira f Hebrew: he הג׳רה f híjra Hindi: hi हिजरत f Indonesian: id hijrah Italian: it egira f Japanese: ja ヘジラ hejira, ja イスラム教紀元 Isuramukyō kigen, ja 逃避行 とうひこう, tōhikō Kazakh: kk һижра, kk қыжыра, kk хижра Korean: ko 헤지라 Kurdish: Northern Kurdish: kmr hîcret Latin: la hegira f Macedonian: mk хиџра f Malay: ms hijrah Pashto: ps هجرت m hejrát Persian: Dari: prs هِجْرَت Iranian Persian: fa-ira هِجْرَت Polish: pl hidżra f, pl hedżra f Portuguese: pt hégira f Russian: ru хи́джра f, ru ге́джра f Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: sh хи̏џра f, sh хѝџрет m Latin: sh hȉdžra f, sh hìdžret m Slovene: sl hidžra f Spanish: es hégira f, es héjira f Swahili: sw hijra Swedish: sv hidjra Tagalog: tl Hegira Tajik: tg ҳиҷрат Thai: th ฮิจเราะห์ Turkish: tr hicret Ukrainian: uk гі́джра f Urdu: ur ہِجْرَت f Uyghur: ug ھىجرەت Uzbek: uz hijra, uz hijrat alternate term for the Islamic era Arabic: ar هِجْرَة f Czech: cs islámský letopočet m Finnish: fi hidžra Kazakh: kk һижра Malay: ms Hijrah Portuguese: pt hégira f Russian: ru хи́джра f, ru ге́джра f Thai: th ฮิจเราะห์ศักราช alternate term for the Islamic calendar Chinese: Mandarin: cmn 伊斯蘭教紀元 Yīsīlánjiāo jìyuán Czech: cs islámský kalendář m Finnish: fi hidžra Hindi: hi हिजरी m Kazakh: kk һижра Malay: ms Hijrah Portuguese: pt hégira f Russian: ru хи́джра f, ru ге́джра f Thai: th ฮิจเราะห์ศักราช Turkish: tr hicri takvim Dutch: nl Hidjra, nl hidjra French: fr hégire German: de Hedschra, de Hidschra, de Hegira Italian: it egira Serbo-Croatian: sh hidžra f, sh hidžret m Cyrillic: sh хиџра f, sh хиџрет m Latin: sh hidžra f, sh hidžret m Slovene: sl hidžra f Spanish: es hégira f, es héjira f Swedish: sv hidjra Turkish: tr hicret See also en anno Hegirae, en Anno Hegirae (A.H., AH) en Islam