HEGIRA


Meaning of HEGIRA in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ noun ]

also he·ji·ra hi-ˈjī-rə, ˈhe-jə-rə

Etymology: the Hegira, flight of Muhammad from Mecca in A.D. 622, from Medieval Latin, from Arabic hijra, literally, departure

Date: 1753

: a journey especially when undertaken to escape from a dangerous or undesirable situation : exodus

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