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Etymology
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.
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Anno Hegirae (not comparable)
- In the year of the Hijra (counted by the Islamic calendar).
1859, Guillaume Libri, Catalogue of the extraordinary collection of splendid manuscripts, page 154:This valuable manuscript was copied Anno Hegirae 1100 (a.d. 1688).
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