Hegira |hiˈjīrə; ˈhejərə| (also Hejira or Hijra |ˈhijrə|)nounMuhammad's departure from Mecca to Medina in ad 622, prompted by the opposition of the merchants of Mecca and marking the consolidation of the first Muslim community.• the Muslim era reckoned from this date : the second century of the Hegira. See also AH .• ( hegira) an exodus or migration.ORIGIN via medieval Latin from Arabic hijra ‘departure,’ from hajara‘emigrate.’
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