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sunat

Indonesian

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [ˈsunat̪̚]
  • Hyphenation: su‧nat

Etymology 1

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From Javanese sunat.

Noun

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sunat (plural sunat-sunat, first-person possessive sunatku, second-person possessive sunatmu, third-person possessive sunatnya)

  1. circumcision (excising foreskin from penis)
    Synonyms: khitan, sirkumsisi

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Etymology 2

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Noun

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sunat (plural sunat-sunat, first-person possessive sunatku, second-person possessive sunatmu, third-person possessive sunatnya)

  1. (nonstandard) Alternative spelling of sunah (“recommended practice”)

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Malay

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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Noun

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sunat (Jawi spelling سونت, plural sunat-sunat, informal 1st possessive sunatku, 2nd possessive sunatmu, 3rd possessive sunatnya)

  1. (Islam) circumcision (excising foreskin from penis)

Romanian

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Etymology

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Past participle of suna.

Noun

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sunat n (uncountable)

  1. called

Declension

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declension of sunat (singular only)
singular
n gender indefinite articulation definite articulation
nominative/accusative (un) sunat sunatul
genitive/dative (unui) sunat sunatului
vocative sunatule

Tagalog

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Classical Persian سُنَّت (sunnat), from Arabic سُنَّة (sunna). Compare Maranao sonat (“clean”), Tausug sunnat (“circumcise by lightly scraping the clitoris”), and Malay sunat (“circumcision”). Doublet of sunna.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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sunát (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜓᜈᜆ᜔) (obsolete)

  1. circumcision
    Synonym: tuli
  2. female circumcision; excision of a woman's clitoris as part of Brunei custom [16th–17th c.]

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Further reading

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