Hegira
[ hi-jahy-ruh, hej-er-uh ]
/ hɪˈdʒaɪ rə, ˈhɛdʒ ər ə /
Save This Word!
noun
Islam. Hijra.
(lowercase)Also he·ji·ra . any flight or journey to a more desirable or congenial place.
QUIZZES
QUIZ YOURSELF ON THE MANY TYPES OF NOUNS
They're everywhere you turn, but can you identify the 10 types of nouns easily? This quiz will test your mettle against singular, plural, concrete, abstract, common, proper, collective, compound, countable, and uncountable nouns!
Question 1 of 7
Shoelaces, rainbow, toothpaste, and haircuts are all what type of noun?
Meet Grammar Coach
Improve Your Writing
Origin of Hegira
<Medieval Latin <Arabic; see Hijra
Words nearby Hegira
hegemon, hegemonic, hegemonism, hegemony, Hegglin's anomaly, Hegira, hegumen, heh, he-huckleberry, Heian, heid
Dictionary.com Unabridged
Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2021
Example sentences from the Web for Hegira
British Dictionary definitions for Hegira
Hegira
Hejira
/ (ˈhɛdʒɪrə) /
noun
the departure of Mohammed from Mecca to Medina in 622 ad; the starting point of the Muslim era
the Muslim era itselfSee also AH
(often not capital) an emigration escape or flight
Also called: Hijrah
Word Origin for Hegira
C16: from Medieval Latin, from Arabic hijrah emigration or flight
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition
© William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins
Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012