Etymology

muhajir

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Today it means: A person who accompanied Muhammad during his migration from Mecca to Medina in 622. Full definition →

Arabic مُهَاجِر
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The story

  1. Arabic · borrowed fromمُهَاجِر
  2. English todaymuhajir

Borrowed from Arabic مُهَاجِر (muhājir, literally “emigrant”). Sense 2 is from its Urdu derivative مُہَاجِر (muhājir).

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