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

1. 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).
2. 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.

3. 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 (hijrət)
• Belarusian: гі́джра f (hídžra)
• Bengali: হিজরত (bn) (hijrot)
• 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 (cs) 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 (ja) (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)

See also

• anno Hegirae, Anno Hegirae (A.H., AH)