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Definitions of hijra:
  • noun:   A eunuch in South Asia, especially one who dresses as a woman.
  • noun:   A (typically biologically male or intersex, but sometimes biologically female) member of a somewhat feminine third gender found in India and Pakistan.
  • noun:   Any similar flight or emigration to a better place.
  • noun:   (Islam) Emigration from a non-Muslim country to a Muslim one.
  • noun:   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).
  • noun:   AH: the Islamic era, dated from the Hijra.
  • noun:   The Islamic calendar, dated from the Hijra.
  • noun:   Alternative letter-case form of 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).]

(Definitions from Wiktionary)

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