hégira

== Portuguese == === Etymology === From Arabic هِجْرَة (hijra, “hijra; emigration”), from the verb هَجَرَ (hajara, “to emigrate; to abandon”). === Pronunciation === Rhymes: -ɛʒiɾɐ Hyphenation: hé‧gi‧ra === Noun === hégira f (plural hégiras) (Islam, poetic or humorous otherwise) emigration, an exodus Synonyms: emigração, êxodo Antonym: imigração (Islam) alternative letter-case form of Hégira (emigration of Muhammad from Mecca to Medina) === Further reading === “hégira”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026 “hégira”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026 “hégira”, in Dicionário infopédia da Lingua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2026 == Spanish == === Etymology === From Arabic هِجْرَة (hijra, “hijra; emigration”), from the verb هَجَرَ (hajara, “to emigrate; to abandon”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈexiɾa/ [ˈe.xi.ɾa] Rhymes: -exiɾa Syllabification: hé‧gi‧ra === Noun === hégira f (plural hégiras) (Islam, poetic or humorous otherwise) emigration, an exodus Synonyms: emigración, éxodo Antonym: inmigración (Islam) alternative letter-case form of Hégira (emigration of Muhammad from Mecca to Medina) === Further reading === “hégira”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025