See hijra on Wiktionary
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{
"word": "hijara"
},
{
"word": "hijrah"
}
],
"translations": [
{
"code": "bn",
"lang": "Bengali",
"roman": "hijoṛa",
"sense": "third gender",
"word": "হিজড়া"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "third gender",
"word": "hijra"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "third gender",
"word": "hidžra"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "third gender",
"word": "Hijra"
},
{
"code": "hi",
"lang": "Hindi",
"roman": "hījṛā",
"sense": "third gender",
"word": "हीजड़ा"
},
{
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "hijurā",
"sense": "third gender",
"word": "ヒジュラー"
},
{
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"sense": "third gender",
"word": "ひじゅらー"
},
{
"code": "pa",
"lang": "Punjabi",
"roman": "hījṛā",
"sense": "third gender",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "ਹੀਜੜਾ"
},
{
"code": "pa",
"lang": "Punjabi",
"roman": "khusrā",
"sense": "third gender",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "ਖੁਸਰਾ"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "xídžra",
"sense": "third gender",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "хи́джра"
},
{
"code": "ta",
"lang": "Tamil",
"roman": "tirunaṅkai",
"sense": "third gender",
"word": "திருநங்கை"
},
{
"code": "ur",
"lang": "Urdu",
"roman": "hījṛā",
"sense": "third gender",
"word": "ہیجڑا"
},
{
"code": "ur",
"lang": "Urdu",
"roman": "xājā sarā",
"sense": "third gender",
"word": "خواجہ سرا"
}
],
"wikipedia": [
"Hijra (South Asia)"
],
"word": "hijra"
}
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"English doublets",
"English entries with incorrect language header",
"English lemmas",
"English nouns",
"English terms borrowed from Arabic",
"English terms derived from Arabic",
"Entries with translation boxes",
"Pages with 1 entry",
"Pages with entries",
"Terms with Arabic translations",
"Terms with Armenian translations",
"Terms with Finnish translations",
"Terms with Portuguese translations",
"Terms with Turkish translations",
"en:Gender",
"en:Male people",
"en:Transgender"
],
"etymology_number": 2,
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{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "ar",
"3": "هِجْرَة",
"t": "departure, exodus"
},
"expansion": "Arabic هِجْرَة (hijra, “departure, exodus”)",
"name": "bor"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "hegira"
},
"expansion": "Doublet of hegira",
"name": "doublet"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From Arabic هِجْرَة (hijra, “departure, exodus”). Doublet of hegira.",
"forms": [
{
"form": "hijras",
"tags": [
"plural"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {},
"expansion": "hijra (plural hijras)",
"name": "en-noun"
}
],
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "noun",
"senses": [
{
"alt_of": [
{
"word": "Hijra"
}
],
"glosses": [
"Alternative letter-case form of Hijra"
],
"links": [
[
"Hijra",
"Hijra#English"
]
],
"tags": [
"alt-of"
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"Any similar flight or emigration to a better place."
],
"links": [
[
"similar",
"similar"
],
[
"flight",
"flight"
],
[
"emigration",
"emigration"
],
[
"better",
"better"
],
[
"place",
"place"
]
]
},
{
"categories": [
"English terms with quotations",
"en:Islam"
],
"examples": [
{
"ref": "2007, Abu Maryam Isma’eel Alarcon, transl., The Three Fundamental Principles of Imaam Muhammad bin ‘Abdil-Wahhaab, Al-Ibaanah E-Books, page 17:",
"text": "Hijrah means Moving from a land of Shirk to a land of Islaam.",
"type": "quote"
}
],
"glosses": [
"Emigration from a non-Muslim country to a Muslim one."
],
"links": [
[
"Emigration",
"Emigration"
],
[
"non-Muslim",
"non-Muslim"
],
[
"country",
"country"
],
[
"Muslim",
"Muslim"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(Islam) Emigration from a non-Muslim country to a Muslim one."
],
"topics": [
"Islam",
"lifestyle",
"religion"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ˈhɪd͡ʒɹə/"
},
{
"audio": "LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-hijra.wav",
"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/0/00/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Flame%2C_not_lame-hijra.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Flame%2C_not_lame-hijra.wav.mp3",
"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/0/00/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Flame%2C_not_lame-hijra.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Flame%2C_not_lame-hijra.wav.ogg"
}
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "hijrah"
}
],
"translations": [
{
"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "hijra",
"sense": "any flight to a better place",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "هِجْرَة"
},
{
"code": "hy",
"lang": "Armenian",
"roman": "hiǰra",
"sense": "any flight to a better place",
"word": "հիջրա"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "any flight to a better place",
"word": "hijra"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "any flight to a better place",
"word": "hidžra"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "any flight to a better place",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "hégira"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "any flight to a better place",
"word": "hicret"
}
],
"word": "hijra"
}
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