সুন্নি

Bengali

Alternative forms

• সুন্নী (sunnī)

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic سُنِّيّ (sunniyy, “traditionalist”), from سُنَّة (sunna, “Sunnah”) + ـِيّ (-iyy).

Proper noun

সুন্নি • (sunni) (objective সুন্নি (śunni) or সুন্নিকে (śunnike), genitive সুন্নির (śunnir), locative সুন্নিতে (śunnite))

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.
2. A follower of Sunnism.

   Synonym: আহলে সুন্নৎ (ahle sunnôt)