Synonyms for hegira
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : hi-jahy-ruh, hej-er-uh |
| Phonetic Transcription : hɪˈdʒaɪ rə, ˈhɛdʒ ər ə |
Top 10 synonyms for hegira Other synonyms for the word hegira
- abandonment
- abdication
- adieu
- avoidance
- AWOL
- beat
- bolt
- bow out
- break
- bypassing
- circumvention
- congé
- decampment
- deliverance
- desertion
- diaspora
- dodging
- ducking
- egress
- egression
- elopement
- elusion
- elusiveness
- embarkation
- emigration
- escape
- eschewal
- evacuation
- evasion
- evasiveness
- exit
- expatriation
- extrication
- fadeout
- farewell
- footslog
- getaway
- going
- going away
- goodbye
- hegira
- lam
- leave
- long haul
- march
- migration
- move
- movement
- odyssey
- out
- outbreak
- parting
- passage
- peregrination
- powder
- quittin
- quitting
- recession
- release
- removal
- rescue
- retirement
- retreat
- runaround
- sailing
- separation
- setting forth
- setting out
- shift
- shunning
- sidestepping
- slip
- slog
- spring
- stampede
- start
- takeoff
- taking leave
- taking off
- tramp
- transfer
- travel
- trek
- trip
- vacation
- vanishing act
- walkout
- withdrawal
- withdrawing
Définition 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
- 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
Antonyms for hegira
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