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Etymology
From Arabic سُنِّيّ (sunniyy), from سُنَّة (sunna, “Sunna”) + ـِيّ (-iyy). By surface analysis, Sunna + -i.
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Sunni (comparative more Sunni, superlative most Sunni)
- 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, 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, 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 ..., page 98:Many Shias who had become more Sunni in their religious practices reverted back to their original sect.
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Noun
Sunni (plural Sunnis)
- 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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Proper noun
Sunni
- Ellipsis of Sunni Islam.
1998, Geert H. Hofstede, Masculinity and Femininity: The Taboo Dimension of National Cultures, 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, 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, page 129:Sunni is the mainstream religion, based in Mecca, and is generally more moderate.
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