How to say "migration, emigration" in Arabic
New wordMeaningmigration, emigration
Arabic · Modern Standard Arabic
هِجْرَة
hijraהג'רה
هجرة
Hebrew · Modern Hebrew
הגירה
hagiraهَاگِيرَا
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Arabic root
ه-ج-رNo solid Hebrew cognate — Arabic hajara, 'to emigrate', is sometimes brought into the same conversation as Hebrew גֵּר, 'stranger, sojourner' (as in the name הגר, Hagar), but the connection is speculative at best, not an established Semitic root match.
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How people actually say it in the spoken dialects, where it differs from the standard word.
Egyptian · Cairo and the Nile Delta
هِجْرَة
higraהגרהHard g in Cairo: higra.
In a phrase
هِجْرَة كَبِيرَة
hijra kabīraהג'רה כבירהa large migration