noun: A eunuch in South Asia, especially one who dresses as a woman.
noun: A (typically biologically male or intersex, but sometimes biologically female) member of a somewhat feminine third gender found in India and Pakistan.
noun: Any similar flight or emigration to a better place.
noun: (Islam) Emigration from a non-Muslim country to a Muslim one.
noun: The flight of Muhammad and his followers from Mecca to Yathrib (later Medina) in 622 ce, which forms the first year of the Islamic era (ah 1).
noun: AH: the Islamic era, dated from the Hijra.
noun: The Islamic calendar, dated from the Hijra.
noun: Alternative letter-case form of Hijra [The flight of Muhammad and his followers from Mecca to Yathrib (later Medina) in 622 ce, which forms the first year of the Islamic era (ah 1).]