Definitions for Hijra

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Hijra hij·ra

Spelling: [hij-ruh]

IPA: /ˈhɪdʒ rə/

Hijra is a 5 letter English word.

You can make 33 anagrams from letters in Hijra (ahijr).

Definitions for Hijra

noun

1. a person whose gender identity is neither male nor female, typically a person who was born male and dresses as a woman.
2. a person who is transgender or is transitioning to another gender.
3. the flight of Muhammad from Mecca to Medina to escape persecution a.d. 622: regarded as the beginning of the Muslim Era.
4. the Muslim Era itself.

Origin of Hijra

Hindi: eunuch, hermaphrodite

Examples for Hijra

The emasculation is a secret rite and takes place under the direction of the chief hijra priest of Behechra.

In the second year of the hijra, or flight from Mecca, it was ordained that the month of Ramazn should be kept as a fast.

In the first half of the second year of the hijra the breach between them was complete.

The earliest reference to Omar Khayyam dates from the middle of the seventh century of the hijra.

They are of a much later date, the last one, indeed, having been compiled more than four hundred years after the hijra.

And one step taken in that direction was to assign to the Hindu year the same number with the hijra year.

The two sects founded by Sur and Zahar became extinct in the eighth century of the hijra.

But towards the close of the second century of the hijra, this earlier mysticism developed into Sfism.

After the third century of the hijra, the Cufic was only retained for ornamentation and head-lines.