muhajir

English

Etymology

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

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Noun

muhajir (plural muhajireen or muhajirun)

  1. (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
  3. A person who migrated to Pakistan after the Partition of India in August 1947, or one of the descendants.

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