On this page you'll find 7 example sentences with Hijra. Discover the meaning, how to use the word correctly in a sentence.
Hijra meaning
- 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).
- AH: the Islamic era, dated from the Hijra.
- The Islamic calendar, dated from the Hijra.
Using Hijra
- The main meaning on this page is: 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). | AH: the Islamic era, dated from the Hijra. | The Islamic calendar, dated from the Hijra.
- In the example corpus, hijra often appears in combinations such as: the hijra.
Context around Hijra
- Average sentence length in these examples: 23.7 words
- Position in the sentence: 3 start, 3 middle, 1 end
- Sentence types: 7 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Hijra
- In this selection, "hijra" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 23.7 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, young, negotiating, woman, community and anniversary stand out and add context to how "hijra" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include a young hijra woman inside and from the hijra but as. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "hijra" sits close to words such as aad, aadhar and aaro, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with hijra
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
With Respect to Sex: Negotiating Hijra Identity in South India. (10 words)
The hijra community has a distinctive social structure, traditions, and rituals. (11 words)
It also has a graveyard, after a local Muslim cemetery last year refused to bury a young hijra woman inside its grounds. (22 words)
Hijra activists campaigned for recognition as a third sex in India and Travesti groups began to organize against police brutality across Latin America while activists in the United States formed direct-confrontation groups such as the Transexual Menace. (38 words)
The official Iranian calendar (used in Afghanistan as well as Iran ) also dates from the hijra, but as it is a solar calendar its year numbering does not coincide with the religious calendar. (33 words)
The Tijanniyya leader congratulated Muslims on this year’s Hijra anniversary stated the need for them to use the period for righteous deed and rededicate their spiritual performances. (28 words)
Example sentences (7)
It also has a graveyard, after a local Muslim cemetery last year refused to bury a young hijra woman inside its grounds.
The hijra community has a distinctive social structure, traditions, and rituals.
The Tijanniyya leader congratulated Muslims on this year’s Hijra anniversary stated the need for them to use the period for righteous deed and rededicate their spiritual performances.
Hijra activists campaigned for recognition as a third sex in India and Travesti groups began to organize against police brutality across Latin America while activists in the United States formed direct-confrontation groups such as the Transexual Menace.
The official Iranian calendar (used in Afghanistan as well as Iran ) also dates from the hijra, but as it is a solar calendar its year numbering does not coincide with the religious calendar.
This hijra, or migration, would be a turning point in the Prophet's mission and would mark the very beginning of the Muslim calendar.
With Respect to Sex: Negotiating Hijra Identity in South India.
Common combinations with hijra
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts: