সুন্নি
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Bengali[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
- সুন্নী (sunnī)
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from Arabic سُنِّيّ (sunniyy, “traditionalist”), from سُنَّة (sunna, “Sunnah”) + ـِيّ (-iyy).
Proper noun[edit]
সুন্নি • (sunni) (objective সুন্নি (śunni) or সুন্নিকে (śunnike), genitive সুন্নির (śunnir), locative সুন্নিতে (śunnite))
- 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)