Hegira

See also: hegira and hégira

English

Etymology

From Medieval Latin hegira, from Arabic هِجْرَة‎ (hijra, “Hijra; emigration”), from the verb هَجَرَ‎ (hajara, “to emigrate; to abandon”).

Proper noun

Hegira

  1. Alternative form of Hijra.

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