Anno Hegirae

adverb

In the year of the Hijra (counted by the Islamic calendar).

Similar
A.H.AH
OriginLatin annō Hegirae →
Ask AI about this wordChatGPTClaudePerplexityGoogle AIGrok

Meanings

adverbAnno Hegirae (not comparable)
  1. not comparableIn the year of the Hijra (counted by the Islamic calendar).

    This valuable manuscript was copied Anno Hegirae 1100 (a.d. 1688).

    1859, Guillaume Libri, Catalogue of the extraordinary collection of splendid manuscripts, page 154

    Synonyms: A.H., AH

Synonyms & antonyms

adverbIn the year of the Hijra (counted by the Islamic calendar).

Similar
A.H.AH

Origin

  1. Latinannō Hegirae“in the year of the Hijra”
  2. EnglishAnno Hegirae

From the Latin annō Hegirae (“in the year of the Hijra”), from annō (“in the year”) (the ablative of annus (“year”)) + Hegirae (“of the Hijra”) (genitive of Hegira (“the Hijra”)). Formed in imitation of the Christian Anno Domini.

More words from Latin

Full word history & related roots →

Translations

Arabic سَنَة هِجْرِيَّة
  • سَنَة هِجْرِيَّة (sána hijríyya)in the year of the Hijra
Bengali হিজরী সন
  • হিজরী সন (hijri śon)in the year of the Hijra
German Anno Hegirae, im Jahr der Hedschra
  • Anno Hegiraein the year of the Hijra
  • im Jahr der Hedschrain the year of the Hijra
Indonesian tahun hijriah
  • tahun hijriahin the year of the Hijra
Latin annō Hegirae
  • annō Hegiraein the year of the Hijra
Persian هجری قمری, ه.ق
  • هجری قمری (hejri-e qamari)in the year of the Hijra
  • ه.ق (h.q)in the year of the Hijra
Polish w roku hidżry
  • w roku hidżryin the year of the Hijra
Portuguese no ano da Hégira
  • no ano da Hégirain the year of the Hijra
Thai ฮิจเราะห์ศักราช
  • ฮิจเราะห์ศักราช (hít-jà-rɔ́-sàk-gà-ràat)in the year of the Hijra
Turkish hicri
  • hicriin the year of the Hijra
Cite this entry
APA

Anno Hegirae. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Anno%20Hegirae

MLA

“Anno Hegirae.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Anno%20Hegirae. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Anno Hegirae,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Anno%20Hegirae.

Source: Anno Hegirae on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.