hejira
/hɪˈdʒaɪrə/
noun
- A journey or migration, especially one made to escape danger or hardship.
- The family's hejira from the war zone took several weeks.
- Their hejira to a new country was filled with uncertainty.
- The novel describes the hejira of refugees across the desert.
- The flight of Muhammad from Mecca to Medina in 622 CE, marking the beginning of the Islamic calendar.
- The Hejira led to the establishment of the first Muslim community.
- The Islamic calendar starts with the Hejira.
- Muslims commemorate the Hejira as a pivotal event in their history.