Hijra

See also: hijra

English

Alternative forms

Hijrah, Hidjra
Hegira, Hejira
(uncommon): hijra

Etymology

From Arabic هِجْرَة‎ (hijra, “departure, exodus”), used in reference to Muhammad’s flight from Mecca to Medina in 622 CE, from the verb هَجَرَ‎ (hajara, “emigrate, to abandon”). Doublet of Hegira, which went through Latin.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈhɪd͡ʒɹə/

Noun

Hijra

The flight of Muhammad and his followers from Mecca to Yathrib (later Medina) in 622 ce, which forms the first year of the Islamic era (ah 1).
AH: the Islamic era, dated from the Hijra.
Since the Muslim lunar year contains only 354 days, the year 2005 is approximately equivalent to Hijra 1426.
The Islamic calendar, dated from the Hijra.

Translations

Muhammad's departure from Mecca

Albanian: hixhret
Arabic: هِجْرَة‎ (ar) f (hijra)
Armenian: հիջրա (hy) (hiǰra)
Azerbaijani: hicrət (az)
Bashkir: һижрәт (hijrät)
Belarusian: гі́джра f (hídžra)
Bengali: হিজরত (bn) (hijôrôtô)
Bulgarian: хи́джра f (hídžra)
Chechen: хӏиджрат (hidžrat)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 伊斯蘭教紀元／伊斯兰教纪元 (Yīsīlánjiāo jìyuán), 希吉拉 (xījílā)
Czech: hidžra f
Dutch: hedjra, hidjra
Finnish: hidžra
French: hégire (fr) f
Georgian: ჰიჯრა (ka) (hiǯra)
German: Hedschra (de) f, Hidschra (de) f, Hegira f
Hebrew: הג׳רה‎
Hindi: हिजरत (hi) f (hijrat)
Indonesian: hijrah (id)
Italian: egira (it) f
Japanese: ヘジラ (hejira), イスラム教紀元 (Isuramukyō kigen), 逃避行 (とうひこう, tōhikō)
Kazakh: һижра (hijra), қыжыра (qyjyra), хижра (xijra)
Korean: 헤지라 (hejira)
Kurdish:
Northern Kurdish: hîcret (ku)
Latin: hegira f
Macedonian: хиџра f (hidžra)
Malay: hijrah
Pashto: هجرت‎ (ps) m (heǰrát)
Persian: هجرت‎ (fa) (hejrat)
Polish: hidżra f, hedżra f
Portuguese: hégira (pt) f
Russian: хи́джра (ru) f (xídžra), ге́джра (ru) f (gédžra)
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: хиџра f, хиџрет m
Roman: hidžra (sh) f, hidžret (sh) m
Slovene: hidžra f
Spanish: hégira (es) f, héjira f
Swahili: hijra
Swedish: hidjra
Tagalog: Hegira
Tajik: ҳиҷрат (hijrat)
Thai: ฮิจเราะห์ (th)
Turkish: hicret (tr)
Ukrainian: гі́джра f (hídžra)
Urdu: ہجرت‎ f (hijrat)
Uyghur: ھىجرەت‎ (hijret)
Uzbek: hijra (uz), hijrat (uz)

alternate term for the Islamic era

Arabic: هِجْرَة‎ (ar) f (hijra)
Czech: islámský letopočet m
Finnish: hidžra
Kazakh: һижра (hijra)
Malay: Hijrah (ms)
Portuguese: hégira (pt) f
Russian: хи́джра (ru) f (xídžra), ге́джра (ru) f (gédžra)
Thai: ฮิจเราะห์ศักราช (hít-jà-rɔ́-sàk-gà-ràat)

alternate term for the Islamic calendar

Chinese:
Mandarin: 伊斯蘭教紀元／伊斯兰教纪元 (Yīsīlánjiāo jìyuán)
Czech: islámský kalendář m
Finnish: hidžra
Hindi: हिजरी (hi) m (hijrī)
Kazakh: һижра (hijra)
Malay: Hijrah (ms)
Portuguese: hégira (pt) f
Russian: хи́джра (ru) f (xídžra), ге́джра (ru) f (gédžra)
Thai: ฮิจเราะห์ศักราช (hít-jà-rɔ́-sàk-gà-ràat)
Turkish: hicri takvim (tr)

The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout § Translations.

Translations to be checked

Dutch: ^{(please verify)} Hidjra, ^{(please verify)} hidjra
French: ^{(please verify)} hégire (fr)
German: Hedschra (de), Hidschra (de), Hegira
Italian: ^{(please verify)} egira (it)
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: ^{(please verify)} хиџра f, ^{(please verify)} хиџрет m
Roman: ^{(please verify)} hidžra (sh) f, ^{(please verify)} hidžret (sh) m
Serbo-Croatian: ^{(please verify)} hidžra (sh) f, ^{(please verify)} hidžret (sh) m
Slovene: ^{(please verify)} hidžra f
Spanish: ^{(please verify)} hégira (es) f, ^{(please verify)} héjira f
Swedish: ^{(please verify)} hidjra
Turkish: ^{(please verify)} hicret (tr)