Antonyms for hegira

Grammar : Noun

Spell : hi-jahy-ruh, hej-er-uh

Phonetic Transcription : hɪˈdʒaɪ rə, ˈhɛdʒ ər ə

Definition of hegira

Origin : 1580s, the flight of Muhammad from Mecca to Medina (July 16, 622 C.E.), from which event the Islamic calendar reckons, from Medieval Latin hegira, from Arabic hijrah "departure," from hajara "to depart."

As in trek : noun long journey
As in migration : noun movement to another place
As in going : noun departure
As in departure : noun leaving
As in escape : noun breaking away; getaway

Example sentences :

This was the first Hegira, or flight of the persecuted Moslems.
Extract from : « A Critical Exposition of the Popular 'Jihd' » by Moulavi Gergh Ali

Since the Hegira, nothing has happened in Arabia, and before that was Moses, and before him the giants.'
Extract from : « Tancred » by Benjamin Disraeli

Dating reverently from its era, as the Moslem from his Hegira.
Extract from : « Man of Uz, and Other Poems » by Lydia Howard Sigourney

That wretched stone from the cavern where Mahommed slept in the Hegira!
Extract from : « The Strange Adventures of Mr. Middleton » by Wardon Allan Curtis

The Hegira is completed,—we have all taken roost in the old Tower.
Extract from : « The Caxtons, Complete » by Edward Bulwer-Lytton

One has no recollection of things that happened before the Hegira.
Extract from : « The Secret Witness » by George Gibbs

The Hegira is completed—we have all taken roost in the old tower.
Extract from : « Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 65, No. 402, April, 1849 » by Various

All over the State a hegira commenced which ended in final defeat.
Extract from : « The Little Lady of Lagunitas » by Richard Henry Savage

There appear to be some discrepancies in the Year of the Hegira, particularly in the sidenotes.
Extract from : « The Life of Mohammad » by Etienne Dinet

Then came the hegira, which ended, as all the world knows, at Philadelphia.
Extract from : « Benjamin Franklin; Self-Revealed, Volume I (of 2) » by Wiliam Cabell Bruce

Synonyms for hegira

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