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- hegira 1580s, the flight of Muhammad from Mecca to Medina (July 16, 622 C.E.), from which event the Islamic calendar reckons, from M.L. hegira, from Arabic hijrah "departure," from hajara "to depart."
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hegiră — HEGÍRĂ s.f. Dată la care începe calendarul musulman (16 iulie 622, când a fost strămutat Mahomed de la Mecca la Medina), considerată ca începutul erei musulmane. – Din fr. hégire. Trimis de gall, 13.09.2007. Sursa: DEX 98 hegíră s. f., g. d.… … Dicționar Român
HEGIRA — Arabum computation, ut Aera Hispanorum. Signisicat fugam: nam cum omnia prospere succederent Mahumedi, post quam ex Medinath Talnabi fugam cepislet, suum Arabes ab hac fuga calculum ordiuntur. Mahumedes completo C. A. 621. dedit legem, a quo… … Hofmann J. Lexicon universale
hégira — o héjira sustantivo femenino 1. Área: religión Emigración o huida de Mahoma de la Meca a Medina, ocurrida en el año 622. 2. Era de los musulmanes que se cuenta a partir del año 622: En la mayoría de los países musulmanes se utilizan… … Diccionario Salamanca de la Lengua Española
Hegira — He*gi ra (?; 277), n. [Written also {hejira}.] [Ar. hijrah flight.] The flight of Mohammed from Mecca, September 13, a. d. 622 (subsequently established as the first year of the Moslem era); hence, any flight or exodus regarded as like that of… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Hegira — (Chronol.), so v.w. Hedschra … Pierer's Universal-Lexikon
Hegira — Hegĭra, s. Hidschra … Kleines Konversations-Lexikon
Hegira — Hegira, s. Hedschra … Herders Conversations-Lexikon
hegira — index flight Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
hégira — s. f. 1. Fuga de Maomé de Meca para Medina, em 622 d. C. (Neste sentido, escreve se geralmente com inicial maiúscula.) 2. Era dos muçulmanos (iniciada em 622 d. C.). 3. [Figurado] Êxodo, fuga. ‣ Etimologia: árabe hijra, emigração, fuga … Dicionário da Língua Portuguesa
hegira — the term denoting Muhammad s departure from Mecca in ad 622 and used for dates in the Muslim era, is pronounced hej i rǝ in BrE and in AmE more commonly hǝ jiy rǝ. The spelling hejira is occasionally found … Modern English usage
