sunah

Indonesian

Etymology

From Arabic سُنَّة (sunna, “a recommended practice”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈsunah]
• Hyphenation: su‧nah

Noun

sunah (plural sunah-sunah, first-person possessive sunahku, second-person possessive sunahmu, third-person possessive sunahnya)

1. habit, custom

   Synonym: kebiasaan

2. (Islam) a traditional practice for which there is a divine reward but for whose omission there is no punishment, a supererogatory act.
3. (Islam) a religiously canonized tradition or practice which attributed to Islamic religious figures (typically Prophet Muhammad).

   Synonym: hadis

Alternative forms

• sunat, sunnah

Affixed terms

• disunahkan
• menyunahkan

 

Compounds

• sunah nabi
• sunah rasul

 

Further reading

• “sunah” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.