हिजरत

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Persian هجرت (hejrat), from Arabic هِجْرَة‎ (hijra).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /ɦɪd͡ʒ.ɾət̪/, [ɦɪd͡ʒ.ɾɐt̪]

Noun

हिजरत • (hijrat) f (Urdu spelling ہجرت)

1. exodus, exile, forced departure from one's homeland

   Synonym: देश-त्याग (deś-tyāg)

2. (Islam) the Hijra

Derived terms

• हिजरी (hijrī)

References

• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “हिजरत”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press