Associations to the word «Hejira»

Wiktionary

HEJIRA, noun. Alternative form of hegira

Dictionary definition

HEJIRA, noun. 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.
HEJIRA, noun. A journey by a large group to escape from a hostile environment.

Wise words

In words, as fashions, the same rule will hold; Alike fantastic, if too new, or old: Be not the first by whom the new are tried, Nor yet the last to lay the old aside.
Alexander Pope