a person whose gender identity is neither male nor female, typically a person who was assigned male at birth but whose gender expression is female.
a person who is transgender.
the flight of Muhammad from Mecca to Medina to escape persecution a.d. 622: regarded as the beginning of the Muslim Era.
the Muslim Era itself.
First recorded in 1835–40; from Hindi: “eunuch, hermaphrodite”
From the Arabic word hijrah flight, departure
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In Pakistan and Bangladesh, some people identify as Hijra, which means they have both male and female traits.
From Salon • Feb. 12, 2025
In Islamic history this move to Aksum became known as the first Hijra or migration.
From BBC • Sep. 10, 2021
“Apart from providing us employment, the new job will also give us social recognition,” said Anita Hijra, a transgender person from Patna who spoke to the Guardian after returning from blessing a newborn baby.
From The Guardian • Jul. 18, 2018
Corcoran told me that in Iowa last spring, she handed her book, ‘‘Refugee Resettlement and Hijra to America,’’ directly to Donald Trump.
From New York Times • Jan. 20, 2016
He was born at Kufa, the capital of Irāk, in the Hijra year 80, when four of the Prophet’s Companions were still alive.
From The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India—Volume I (of IV) by Russell, R. V. (Robert Vane)
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