hegira

Thân thiện

The family made a long hegira to a safer land.

Definition

Noun: 1. A mass departure or journey to escape an unfavorable situation: A large-scale migration or exodus of people from a place of danger, persecution, or hardship. 2. (Historical & Religious) The Hegira: The specific journey of the Prophet Muhammad and his followers from Mecca to Medina in the year 622 CE. This event marks the beginning of the Islamic calendar.

Examples

• General Meaning:
  • The drought caused a hegira of farmers from the rural plains to the cities.
  • The political crackdown triggered a hegira of dissidents to neighboring countries.
• Specific Historical Meaning:
  • The year of the Hegira, 622 CE, is year 1 in the Islamic calendar.
  • Muslims commemorate the Hegira as a pivotal event in Islamic history.

Advanced Usage

• Capitalization: When referring specifically to Muhammad's journey, the word is often capitalized as "the Hegira" or "Hijrah."
• Figurative Use: It can be used figuratively to describe any significant, decisive departure or change in course.
  • His move from finance to art was a personal hegira.

Variants and Related Words

• Hijrah (n): An alternate transliteration of the Arabic word, commonly used in Islamic contexts.
• Exodus (n): A closely related synonym for a mass departure.
• Migration (n): A more general term for movement from one place to another.

Synonyms

• Exodus
• Flight
• Migration
• Departure
• Withdrawal

Antonyms

• Arrival
• Influx
• Return
• Homecoming

Related Idioms/Phrases

• To make one's hegira: To undertake a significant, often difficult, journey to escape an untenable situation. (This is a less common, literary phrase).
  • The writers made their hegira from the oppressive regime.

Học thuật

Noun

1. a journey by a large group to escape from a hostile environment
2. the flight of Muhammad from Mecca to Medina in 622 which marked the beginning of the Muslim era; the Muslim calendar begins in that year

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