muhajir
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Arabic مُهَاجِر (muhājir). Sense 2 is from Urdu مُہَاجِر (muhājir).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /muːˈhɑːdʒɪə(ɹ)/
- (General American) IPA(key): /muˈhɑdʒɪɹ/
- enPR: mo͞o-hä'jîr
Noun
[edit]muhajir (plural muhajireen or muhajirun)
- (Islam) A person who accompanied Muhammad during his migration from Mecca to Medina in 622.
- Alternative forms: mohagerin, mohagerian, mohagerine, mohajer, mohadjer, mohajir, muhajar, muhajirin
- A person who migrated to Pakistan after the Partition of India in August 1947, or one of the descendants.
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