muhajir

/muːˈhɑːdʒɪə(ɹ)/

Etymology

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

noun

  1. A person who accompanied Muhammad during his migration from Mecca to Medina in 622.
  2. A person who migrated to Pakistan after the Partition of India in August 1947, or one of the descendants.
  3. A member of an ethnic group of Pakistan consisting of Muslim immigrants from various regions of India after its 1947 independence, and their descendants.