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Where does “хиџра” come from?

хиџра (Serbo-Croatian) comes from Ottoman Turkish هجرت, from Arabic هِجْرَة, from Arabic هَجَرَ — emigrate, to abandon; to emigrate; to abandon.

хиџра (Serbo-Croatian): Hegira, Hijra; hegira, hijra

Definitions

  1. Hegira, Hijra; hegira, hijra

Ancestry of “хиџра”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ottoman TurkishهجرتHegira, Hijra; hegira, hijra
2ArabicهِجْرَةHijra; emigration; exodus; emigration; Hegira
3Arabicهَجَرَemigrate, to abandon; to emigrate; to abandon
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