সুন্নি
Bengali
Alternative forms
- সুন্নী (sunnī)
Etymology
Borrowed from Arabic سُنِّيّ (sunniyy, “traditionalist”), from سُنَّة (sunna, “Sunnah”) + ـِيّ (-iyy).
Proper noun
সুন্নি • (sunni) (objective সুন্নি or সুন্নিকে, genitive সুন্নির, locative সুন্নিতে)
- 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.
- A follower of Sunnism.
- Synonym: আহলে সুন্নৎ (ahle sunnôt)