Hijra

Meaning

Noun

• The flight of Muhammad and his followers from Mecca to Yathrib (later Medina) in 622 , which forms the first year of the Islamic era ( 1)
• AH: the Islamic era, dated from the Hijra.
• The Islamic calendar, dated from the Hijra

Origin

• From Arabic هِجْرَة, used in reference to Muhammad’s flight from Mecca to Medina in 622 CE, from the verb هَجَرَ. Hegira, which went through Latin.