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Sunni

See also: sunni and Suni

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From Arabic سُنِّيّ (sunniyy), from سُنَّة (sunna, “Sunna”) + ـِيّ (-iyy). By surface analysis, Sunna +‎ -i.

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  • IPA(key): /ˈsʊni/
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  • Rhymes: -ʊni

Adjective edit

Sunni (comparative more Sunni, superlative most Sunni)

  1. 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.
    Synonyms: Sunnite, Sunnitic
    Coordinate term: Shi'i
    • 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.

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Sunni (plural Sunnis)

  1. 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

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Sunni

  1. 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.

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Sunni Islam — see Sunni Islam

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