Migration vs Hijra - What's the difference?
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An instance of moving to live in another place for a while.
Seasonal moving for animals, birds or fishes to breed or find a new home.
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Movement in general.
(computing) Instance of changing a platform from an environment to another one.
Hegira; the beginning of the Muslim era, equivalent to 16 July 622, by the Julian calendar of the time.
The first day of the Islamic month of Muharram.
Calendar system used in Islam.
Muhammad’s departure from Mecca to avoid persecution.
Any flight or journey to a better place.
As nouns the difference between migration and hijra
is that migration is while hijra is (hijra) or hijra can be a eunuch in south asia, especially one who dresses as a woman; also, a male-born transvestite or transgender person, considered to constitute a third gender in india and pakistan.migration
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Noun
(en noun)citation, passage=Many of these classic methods are still used, with some modern improvements. For example, with the aid of special microphones and automated sound detection software, ornithologists recently reported […] that pine siskins (Spinus pinus ) undergo an irregular, nomadic type of nocturnal migration .}}
- The migration of lead from a can to the food inside it can cause lead poisoning.
Derived terms
* stepwise migration * migrate * migratoryhijra
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Noun
(head) (sometimes lowercase)- Since the Muslim lunar year contains only 354 days, the year 2005 is approximately equivalent to Hijra 1426.
