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- Arabic · borrowed fromسُنِّيّ
- English todaySunni
From Arabic سُنِّيّ (sunniyy), from سُنَّة (sunna, “Sunna”) + ـِيّ (-iyy). By surface analysis, Sunna + -i.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Sunni
Today it means: 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. Full definition →
Arabic سُنِّيّ