hegira
noun
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Pronunciation: /ˈhɛd͡ʒɪɹə/
name
Etymology: From Medieval Latin hegira, from Arabic هِجْرَة (hijra, “Hijra; emigration”), from the verb هَجَرَ (hajara, “to emigrate; to abandon”). Doublet of Hijra, directly from Arabic.
- Alternative form of Hijra.
noun
Etymology: From Arabic هِجْرَة (hijra, “exodus; emigration”). Doublet of hijra.
- A journey taken to escape from danger; an exodus.
“By all odds the most remarkable westward migration before the California gold rush of 1849 was the Mormon hegira to the Great Salt Lake basin.”