Sunni

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See also sunni, and Suni

English

Etymology

From Arabic سنة (súnna) (Sunna)

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ʊni

Proper noun

Sunni (plural Sunnis)

1. The branch of Islam that believes that the Qur'an is the final authority, and that their leaders have no special sacred wisdom.
2. (countable) A follower of that belief.

   He is a Sunni.

Synonyms

• (person): Sunnite

Translations

a branch of Islam

Arabic: سنة (ar) (súnna) f. Bengali: সুন্নি (bn) Chinese: Mandarin: trad. 遜尼派, simpl. 逊尼派 (Xùnnípài) Finnish: sunnalaisuus (fi), sunnilaisuus (fi) French: sunnisme (fr) m.

Italian: sunnismo (it) m. Japanese: スンニ派 (ja) (sunni-ha), スンニー派 (ja) (sunnī-ha), スンナ派 (ja) (sunna-ha) Kurdish: sinîtî (ku) f. Russian: суннизм (ru) (sunnízm) m. Spanish: sunismo (es) m.

a follower of the Sunni branch of Islam

Arabic: سني (ar) (súnniy) m. Bengali: সুন্নি (bn) Chinese: Mandarin: 遜尼 (cmn), 逊尼 (cmn) (Xùnní) Finnish: sunnalainen (fi), sunnilainen (fi), sunni (fi) French: sunnite (fr) m.

German: Sunnite (de) m., Sunnit (de) m., Sunnit (de) m. Japanese: スンニ (ja) (sunni) Kurdish: sinî m. / f. Russian: суннит (ru) (sunnít) m. Slovene: sunit m.

Adjective

Sunni (not comparable)

1. Related to the Sunni branch of Islam.

   The Sunni insurgency in Iraq.

Translations

related to the Sunni branch of Islam

Bengali: সুন্নি (bn) Finnish: sunnilainen (fi) German: sunnitisch (de)

Kurdish: sinî (ku) Russian: суннитский (ru) (sunnítskij) Slovene: sunitski m., sunitska f., sunitsko n.

See also

• Shi'a