हिजरत

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian (hijrat), from Arabic هِجْرَة (hijra). Compare Bengali হিজরত (hijrot).

Pronunciation

(Delhi Hindi) IPA^(key): /ɦɪd͡ʒ.ɾət̪/, [ɦɪd͡ʒ.ɾɐt̪]

Noun

हिजरत • (hijrat) f (Urdu spelling ہجرت)

exodus, exile, forced departure from one's homeland
Synonym: देश-त्याग (deś-tyāg)
(Islam) the Hijra

Declension

Declension of हिजरत (fem cons-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	हिजरत hijrat	हिजरतें hijratẽ
oblique	हिजरत hijrat	हिजरतों hijratõ
vocative	हिजरत hijrat	हिजरतो hijrato

Related terms

हिजरी (hijrī)

References

McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “हिजरत”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press

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