Sunni
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Arabic سُنِّيّ (sunniyy), from سُنَّة (sunna, “Sunna”) + ـِيّ (-iyy). By surface analysis, Sunna + -i.
Pronunciation
[edit]- IPA(key): /ˈsʊni/
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- Rhymes: -ʊni
Adjective
[edit]Sunni (comparative more Sunni, superlative most Sunni)
- 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.
- 2001, H. E. Wingate, edited by Alan de Lacy Rush and Jane Priestland, Records of Iraq, 1914-1966[1], 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[2], 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 ...[3], page 98:
- Many Shias who had become more Sunni in their religious practices reverted back to their original sect.
Translations
[edit]Noun
[edit]Sunni (plural Sunnis)
- 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
[edit]follower of Sunni Islam
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Proper noun
[edit]Sunni
- Ellipsis of Sunni Islam.
- 1998, Geert H. Hofstede, Masculinity and Femininity: The Taboo Dimension of National Cultures[4], 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[5], 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[6], page 129:
- Sunni is the mainstream religion, based in Mecca, and is generally more moderate.
Translations
[edit]Sunni Islam — see Sunni Islam
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