Sunni

• Sunnī

From Arabic سُنِّيّ (sunniyy), from سُنَّة (sunna, “Sunna”) + ـِيّ (-iyy). By surface analysis, Sunna +‎ -i.

• IPA^(key): /ˈsʊni/

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• Rhymes: -ʊni

Sunni (comparative more Sunni, superlative most Sunni)

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.

   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.

Sunni (plural Sunnis)

1. 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

Sunni

1. 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.

• Ahle Hadith
• Ahle Quran

• Ninus, unsin