- Hegira calendar
- Hegira cal|en|darthe Muslim system of dividing a year of 354 days into 12 months and starting to count the years from the Hegira
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Hegira calendar
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Hegira calendar — noun (singular) the Muslim system of dividing a year of 354 days into 12 months and starting to count the years from the Hegira … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
hegira — 1580s, the flight of Muhammad from Mecca to Medina (July 16, 622 C.E.), from which event the Islamic calendar reckons, from M.L. hegira, from Arabic hijrah departure, from hajara to depart … Etymology dictionary
calendar — calendrical /keuh len dri keuhl/, calendric, calendarial /kal euhn dair ee euhl/, calendarian, calendaric, adj. /kal euhn deuhr/, n. 1. a table or register with the days of each month and week in a year: He marked the date on his calendar. 2. any … Universalium
Hegira — noun a) The emigration of Muhammad and his followers from Mecca to Medina in 622 to escape persecution. Since the Muslim lunar year contains only 354 days, 2005 is approximately equivalent to Hegira 1426. b) The beginning of the Muslim era,… … Wiktionary
Hegira — /ˈhɛdʒərə/ (say hejuhruh), /həˈdʒɪərə/ (say huh jearruh) noun Islam 1. the flight of Mohammed from Mecca to Medina to escape persecution. (The date of Mohammed s flight, AD 622, is the starting point in the Muslim calendar.) 2. the Muslim era… …
Hegira — The escape of Mohammed from the Meccans on Friday, July sixteenth, 622 A. D., which date marks the beginning of the calendar used by the Arabians and the Turks … Ballentine's law dictionary
Mohammedan calendar — Mo*ham med*an cal en*dar A lunar calendar reckoning from the year of the hegira (hejira), 622 a. d. Thirty of its years constitute a cycle, of which the 2d, 5th, 7th, 10th, 13th, 16th, 18th, 21st, 24th, 26th, and 29th are leap years, having 355… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Iranian calendar — The Iranian calendar or Solar Hejri ( 19 March || Demise of Muhammad and Martyrdom of Imam Hassan || | 20 March || Nationalization of the oil industries || | 4 June || Anniversary of the passing of Imam Khomeini|| || 1989 5 June || Anniversary of … Wikipedia
Islamic calendar — noun the lunar calendar used by Muslims; dates from 622 AD (the year of the Hegira); the beginning of the Muslim year retrogresses through the solar year completing the cycle every 32 years • Syn: ↑Muhammadan calendar, ↑Mohammedan calendar,… … Useful english dictionary
Muslim calendar — noun the lunar calendar used by Muslims; dates from 622 AD (the year of the Hegira); the beginning of the Muslim year retrogresses through the solar year completing the cycle every 32 years • Syn: ↑Islamic calendar, ↑Muhammadan calendar,… … Useful english dictionary
