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hegira
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun hegira has 2 senses
- hegira(n = noun.act) hejira - the flight of Muhammad from Mecca to Medina in 622 which marked the beginning of the Muslim era; the Muslim calendar begins in that year; Array is a kind of escape, flight
- hegira(n = noun.act) exodus, hejira - a journey by a large group to escape from a hostile environment; Array is a kind of escape, flight
CIDE DICTIONARY
hegira, n. [Ar. hijrah flight.].
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. [1913 Webster]
" The starting point of the Era was made to begin, not from the date of the flight, but from the first day of the Arabic year, which corresponds to July 16, a. d. 622."
[1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
hegira, n. (also hejira, hijra)
1 (Hegira) a Muhammad's departure from Mecca to Medina in AD 622. b the Muslim era reckoned from this date.
2 a general exodus or departure.
1 (Hegira) a Muhammad's departure from Mecca to Medina in AD 622. b the Muslim era reckoned from this date.
2 a general exodus or departure.
Etymology
med.L hegira f. Arab. hijra departure from one's country f. hajara separate
THESAURUS
hegira
AWOL, French leave, abandonment, absence without leave, absquatulation, bolt, decampment, departure, desertion, disappearance, disappearing act, egress, elopement, escape, evacuation, exit, exodus, flight, fugitation, getaway, going, hasty retreat, leaving, parting, passing, quick exit, removal, retirement, retreat, running away, scramming, skedaddle, skedaddling, walkout, withdrawal
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