সুন্নি
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)