hijrah

English

Noun

hijrah (plural hijrahs)

  1. Alternative form of hijra.

Indonesian

Etymology

From Arabic هِجْرَة (hijra, “departure, exodus”).

Pronunciation

  • (Standard Indonesian) IPA(key): /ˈhid͡ʒrah/ [ˈhid͡ʒ.rah]
  • Rhymes: -id͡ʒrah
  • Syllabification: hij‧rah

Noun

hijrah (plural hijrah-hijrah)

  1. Hijra, 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. improvement

Verb

hijrah

  1. to flee or emigrate, especially to a better place
    Synonym: berhijrah

Derived terms

  • berhijrah (“to flee or emigrate”)
  • (transitive) menghijrahkan (“to emigrate, cause to emigrate”)
  • penghijrahan (“emigration”)

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