Sunni

Sunni

See also: sunni and Suni

English

Alternative forms

• Sunnī

Etymology

From Arabic سُنِّيّ‎ (sunniyy), from سُنَّة‎ (sunna, “Sunna”) + ـِيّ‎ (-iyy).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsʊni/

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• Rhymes: -ʊni

Adjective

Sunni (comparative more Sunni, superlative most Sunni)

1. Belonging or relating to the branch of Islam based on the Qur'an, the Kutub al-Sittah (the hadiths which record the Sunnah) and that places emphasis on the Sahabah.
   • 1919, H. E. Wingate, Alan de Lacy Rush, Jane Priestland year=2001, editor, Records of Iraq, 1914-1966, volume 2, page 181:

     I therefore strongly advocate the formation of a local capital but not at Hillah, which is too Sunni and near Baghdad

   • 1992, Bruce Lincoln, Discourse and the Construction of Society, page 36:

     members […] came to view themselves collectively as the righteous descendants of Husayn confronting an evil and fundamentally alien ruler: a shah more Zoroastrian than Muslim, more Sunni than Shi'i, more Arab than Iranian, more Yazid than Husayn.

   • 2012, Eamon Murphy, The Making of Terrorism in Pakistan: Historical and social roots ..., page 98:

     Many Shias who had become more Sunni in their religious practices reverted back to their original sect.

   Synonyms: Sunnite, Sunnitic

   Coordinate term: Shi'i

Translations

related to the Sunni branch of Islam

Bengali: সুন্নি (bn) (sunni) Catalan: sunnita (ca) Czech: sunnitský Finnish: sunnilainen German: sunnitisch (de) Hindi: सुन्नी (hi) (sunnī), चहार (hi) (cahār), चारयारी (hi) (cāryārī) Hungarian: szunnita Kurdish: Northern Kurdish: sinî (ku) Macedonian: сунитски (sunitski) Portuguese: sunita (pt) Russian: сунни́тский (ru) (sunnítskij) Slovene: sunitski Spanish: suní Turkish: Sünni (tr)

Noun

Sunni (plural Sunnis)

1. A follower of Sunni Islam.

   Synonyms: Sunnite, (less common) Bukharist, (less common) Hadithist, (offensive) Bakri, (political) Sunnist, (offensive) Nasibi

   Hypernym: Muslim

   Coordinate terms: Shi'i, Sufi, Ahle Quran, Ahmadi, 5 percenter, Quranist, Mu'tazila, Ibadi, Nation of Islam, Mahdavi, Moorish Scientist, ghair muqallid, Muwahhid

Translations

follower of Sunni Islam

Arabic: سُنِّيّ‎ m (sunniyy) Bengali: সুন্নি (bn) (sunni) Catalan: sunnita (ca) ? Chinese: Mandarin: 遜尼／逊尼 (zh) (Xùnní) Czech: sunnita m Danish: sunni c Finnish: sunnalainen (fi), sunnilainen, sunni (fi) French: sunnite (fr) m German: Sunnite m, Sunnit (de) m, Sunnit (de) m Hindi: सुन्नी (hi) m (sunnī), चहार (hi) m (cahār), चारयारी (hi) f (cāryārī) Japanese: スンニ (sunni) Kazakh: суннизм (sunnizm) Kyrgyz: сүннөтчү (sünnötçü) Kurdish: Northern Kurdish: sinî (ku) m or f Macedonian: сунит m (sunit) Marathi: सुन्नी (mr) ? (sunnī) Persian: سنی‎ (fa) (sonni) Polish: sunnita (pl) m Portuguese: sunita (pt) m or f Russian: сунни́т (ru) m (sunnít) Slovene: sunit m Spanish: sunita m or f, suní m or f Turkish: Sünni (tr) Ukrainian: суні́т m (sunít)

Proper noun

Sunni

1. Ellipsis of Sunni Islam.
   • 1998, Geert H. Hofstede, Masculinity and Femininity: The Taboo Dimension of National Cultures, page 205:

     In Islam, Sunni is a more triumphant version of the faith than Shia, which stresses the importance of suffering, following the founder Ali, who was persecuted.

   • 2009, Central Intelligence Agency, CIA World Factbook 2010, page xxviii:

     Sunni has four schools of Islamic doctrine and law — Hanafi, Maliki, Shafi'i, and Hanbali — which uniquely interpret the Hadith, or recorded oral traditions of Muhammad.

   • 2008, John Richard Thackrah, Routledge Companion to Military Conflict since 1945, page 129:

     Sunni is the mainstream religion, based in Mecca, and is generally more moderate.

Translations

Sunni Islam — see Sunni Islam

Derived terms

• anti-Sunnism
• de-Sunnification
• inter-Sunni
• neo-Sunni
• non-Sunni
• pan-Sunni
• pan-Sunnism
• pro-Sunni
• Sunni belt
• Sunnic
• Sunnicentric
• Sunnicidal
• sunnicide
• Sunnidom
• Sunnify
• Sunni Islam
• Sunniness
• Sunniphobia
• Sunnism
• Sunnist
• Sunnistan
• Sunnization
• Sunnize
• un-Sunni

 

See also

• Ahle Hadith
• Ahle Quran

Anagrams

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