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The correct spelling is hijra.
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noun
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The correct spelling is hijra. A eunuch in South Asia, especially one who dresses as a woman. For example: "Since the Muslim lunar year contains only 354 days, the year 2005 is approximately equivalent to Hijra 1426."
Usage Examples
“Since the Muslim lunar year contains only 354 days, the year 2005 is approximately equivalent to Hijra 1426.”
Definition
noun
- 1.A eunuch in South Asia, especially one who dresses as a woman.
- 2.A (typically biologically male or intersex, but sometimes biologically female) member of a somewhat feminine third gender found in India and Pakistan.
- 3.The flight of Muhammad and his followers from Mecca to Yathrib (later Medina) in 622 ce, which forms the first year of the Islamic era (ah 1)
- 4.AH: the Islamic era, dated from the Hijra.
- 5.The Islamic calendar, dated from the Hijra
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