Definition of hegira Hegira

Heg•i•ra

We found 6 definitions of hegira from 6 different sources.

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What does hegira mean?

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WordNet by Princeton University

Noun
hegira - a journey by a large group to escape from a hostile environment
  exodus, hejira
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Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘

  • hegira (n.)
    The flight of Mohammed from Mecca, September 13, A. D. 622 (subsequently established as the first year of the Moslem era); hence, any flight or exodus regarded as like that of Mohammed.

Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕

  • hegira
    Hejira, hej′i-ra, n. the flight of Mohammed from Mecca, 15th July 622 A.D., from which is dated the Mohammedan era: any flight. [Ar. hijrah, flight, hajara, to leave.]

Military DictionaryMilitary Dictionary and Gazetteer 💥

  • hegira
    (from the Arabic hajara, to desert). A Mohammedan epoch, dating from the expulsion or flight of Mohammed from Mecca to Medina, July 16, 622. This flight was fixed as the great Moslem epoch by the caliph Omar, seventeen years later.

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