Join free

hegira

English

AI In plain words

Writing a short explanation…

Written by a house AI from the entry below, in your language. The entry itself is the source.

hegira¹

  • /ˈhɛd͡ʒɪɹə/

Where it comes from

From Arabic هِجْرَة (hijra, “exodus; emigration”). Doublet of hijra.

noun hegiras · hijra

  1. 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.

Hegira²

Where it comes from

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.

proper noun

  1. alternative Alternative form of Hijra

Talk about this word

Cite this
MLA

"hegira." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/hegira. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

APA

hegira. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/hegira

Chicago

"hegira." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/hegira.

BibTeX
@misc{hegira_2026,
  title = {hegira},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/hegira},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}