हिजरत
Hindi
Etymology
Borrowed from Persian هجرت (hejrat), from Arabic هِجْرَة (hijra).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɦɪd͡ʒ.ɾət̪/
Noun
हिजरत • (hijrat) f
- exodus, exile, forced departure from one's homeland
- Synonym: देश-त्याग (deś-tyāg)
- (Islam) the Hijra
Declension
| Declension of हिजरत | ||
|---|---|---|
| Singular | Plural | |
| Direct | हिजरत (hijrat) | हिजरतें (hijartẽ) |
| Oblique | हिजरत (hijrat) | हिजरतों (hijartõ) |
| Vocative | हिजरत (hijrat) | हिजरतो (hijarto) |
Derived terms
- हिजरी (hijrī)
References
- McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993), “हिजरत”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press