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Meaning of "Sunnite" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF SUNNITE

Sunnite  [ˈsʌnaɪt] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF SUNNITE

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Sunnite is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES SUNNITE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Sunnite

Sunni Islam

Sunni Islam is the largest branch of Islam; its adherents are referred to in Arabic as ahl as-sunnah wa l-jamāʻah, "people of the tradition of Muhammad and the consensus of the Ummah" or ahl as-sunnah for short. In English, they are known as Sunni Muslims, Sunnis, and Sunnites. Sunni Islam is the world's second largest religious body, after Christianity and largest religious denomination for any religion in the world. Sunni Islam is sometimes referred to as the orthodox version of the religion. The word "Sunni" is believed to come from the term Sunnah, which refers to the sayings and actions of the Islamic prophet Muhammad as recorded in hadiths. The primary collections consisting of Kutub al-Sittah accepted by Sunni orthodoxy, in conjunction with the Quran and binding consensus, form the basis of all jurisprudence within Sunni Islam. Laws are derived from these basic sources; in addition, Sunni Islam's juristic schools recognize differing methods to derive verdicts such as analogical reason, consideration of public welfare and juristic discretion.

Definition of Sunnite in the English dictionary

The definition of Sunnite in the dictionary is an adherent of the Sunni.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH SUNNITE


aconite
ˈækəˌnaɪt
all-night
ˌɔːlˈnaɪt
amblygonite
æmˈblɪɡəˌnaɪt
dunite
ˈdʌnaɪt
dunnite
ˈdʌnaɪt
finite
ˈfaɪnaɪt
fortnight
ˈfɔːtˌnaɪt
ignite
ɪɡˈnaɪt
knight
naɪt
kryptonite
ˈkrɪptəˌnaɪt
late-night
ˈleɪtnaɪt
midnight
ˈmɪdˌnaɪt
night
naɪt
nite
naɪt
overnight
ˌəʊvəˈnaɪt
reunite
ˌriːjuːˈnaɪt
tanzanite
ˈtænzəˌnaɪt
tonight
təˈnaɪt
tonite
ˈtəʊnaɪt
unite
juːˈnaɪt

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE SUNNITE

Sunna
sunned
Sunni

WORDS THAT END LIKE SUNNITE

austenite
bentonite
definite
granite
gunite
hessonite
ilmenite
indefinite
infinite
kaolinite
limonite
mannite
Masonite
munite
stannite
suburbanite
taconite
tiemannite
Venite
wollastonite

Synonyms and antonyms of Sunnite in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «Sunnite» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF SUNNITE

Find out the translation of Sunnite to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of Sunnite from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «Sunnite» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

逊尼派
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

sunnita
570 millions of speakers

English

Sunnite
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

Sunnite
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

السني
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

суннитского
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

sunita
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

Sunnite
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

sunnite
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Sunnite
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

sunnitischen
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

スンナ派
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

수니파
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Sunnite
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

Sunnite
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

Sunnite
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

सुन्नित
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Sünni
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

sunnita
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

Lista sunnicka
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

сунітського
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

sunnit
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

Σουνίτες
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

Sunnite
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

Sunnite
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

Sunnite
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of Sunnite

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «SUNNITE»

The term «Sunnite» is regularly used and occupies the 107.620 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «SUNNITE» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about Sunnite

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «SUNNITE»

Discover the use of Sunnite in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to Sunnite and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
The Development of Early Sunnite Ḥadīth Criticism: The ...
This book examines the life and works of the important Sunnite "h ad th" critic Ibn Ab h tim al-R z (240/854-327/938), with emphasis on his famous "Taqdima.
Eerik Dickinson, 2001
2
Shi'ite Identities: Community and Culture in Changing Social ...
Throughout Islamic history, Ash'arite theology, which now permeates and dominates Sunnite Islam in Southeast Asia, tended to be more acquiescent towards the respective political system, that is to say, the one or other dynasty of the day ...
Christoph Marcinkowski, 2010
3
Sayyids and Sharifs in Muslim Societies: The Living Links to ...
The table shows an unequivocal trend: in the three works excluding Biḥār al- anwār, whose value as a sample is lower on account of the limited number of stories, roughly 80 percent of the stories derive from a Sunnite work (Columns [I] and ...
Kazuo Morimoto, 2012
4
The Dynamics of Sunni-Shia Relationships: Doctrine, ...
Indeed, the takeover and rebuilding of the shrines by Shiite actors generally occurred at the expense of local Sunnite inhabitants. In the late 1980s, for instance, the Iranian-funded rebuilding of the tomb of Sayyida Ruqqaya entailed the ...
Brigitte Maréchal, Sami Zemni, Sabrina Mervin, 2013
5
Reason and Tradition in Islamic Ethics
The primary doctrine of consensus (ijmac) in Sunnite Islam is simply this: that the unanimous opinion of the Sunnite community in any generation on a religious matter constitutes an authority (hujja), and ought to be accepted by all Muslims in  ...
George F. Hourani, 2007
6
Introduction to Traditional Islam, Illustrated: Foundations, ...
Thus, institutionally speaking, there appear to be two main traits which typifyTwelve Imām Shī'ism in relation to all the Sunnite schools: on the one hand, the Shī'ite conception of the head of the Muslim community as not only a political leader ...
Jean-Louis Michon, 2008
7
Converting Persia: Religion and Power in the Safavid Empire
974 AH/1 566CE), who was grand vizier during Shah Tahrnasb's reign.85 He also claimed descent from a reputed Sunnite scholar, Sayyid Sharif Jurjani (d. 824AH/ 1413CE).8'' Mir Makhdum's principal scholastic training was the study of  ...
Rula Jurdi Abisaab, 2004
8
A House of Many Mansions: The History of Lebanon Reconsidered
was inseparable from the history of the Sunnite Islamic state. Writing in 1948, Sati al-Husri, a leading advocate of Arab nationalism and a prominent political figure in Iraq, made this observation: the Muslim Arabs, unlike the Christian Arabs, ...
Kamal S. Salibi, 2003
9
A History of Islamic Law
of a subsidiary nature, which have no parallel in the Sunnite schools. A mother's right of custody of her male children, for example, terminates in Kharijite law when the child is two years old—a rule which incidentally coincides with that of the ...
N. J. Coulson, 2011
10
Tolerance, Democracy, and Sufis in Senegal
26. 27. 28. 29. 30. 31. 32. 33.34.35.36. 37.Dakar's Sunnite Women Coulon, Femmes, Islam et Baraka; Coulon and Reveyrand-Coulon, L'Islam au féminin; Gemmeke, “Women Reconfiguring Esoteric Economies.” Alidou, Engaging Modernity.
Mamadou Diouf, 2013

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «SUNNITE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term Sunnite is used in the context of the following news items.
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Quand le Hamas embrasse l'Arabie saoudite sunnite, il met une gifle …
Après des années d'alignement avec l'Iran chiite et ses alliés arabes, le groupe palestinien du Hamas recherche le patronage de l'Arabie saoudite sunnite, ... «The Times of Israël, Jul 15»
2
Sunnites et chiites, l'exception libanaise
Au Liban, l'Arabie saoudite sunnite et l'Iran chiite possèdent une grande influence auprès des deux communautés qui représentent chacune le tiers des quatre ... «RFI, Jun 15»
3
Au Koweït, 27 morts et 222 blessés dans un attentat anti-chiite dans …
Le groupe extrémiste sunnite Etat islamique a de nouveau pris pour cible des fidèles chiites dans le Golfe, en revendiquant un attentat suicide qui a fait 27 morts ... «Libération, Jun 15»
4
Irak: les sunnites formés par l'armée américaine prêts au combat
Faut-il armer et entraîner les volontaires sunnites irakiens pour lutter contre l'organisation Etat islamique ? L'armée américaine a franchi le pas et la première ... «RFI, Jun 15»
5
L'Irak met sur pied une force sunnite antijihadiste
Plus d'un millier de combattants sunnites originaires de la province d'Al-Anbar dans l'ouest de l'Irak ont été intronisés vendredi au sein d'une force paramilitaire ... «Le Parisien, May 15»
6
Irak: des tribus sunnites déterminantes dans la bataille de Tikrit
Pour s'assurer plus de chances de victoire dans cette bataille décisive, le gouvernement compte donc s'appuyer sur les tribus sunnites de la région. «RFI, Mar 15»
7
Irak: un chef tribal sunnite assassiné à Bagdad
Un chef tribal sunnite et au moins sept personnes ont été assassinés après avoir été enlevés par des hommes armés non identifiés dans la capitale irakienne, ... «LaPresse.ca, Feb 15»
8
Irak: un ancien député sunnite condamné à mort pour meurtres
Bagdad - Un ancien député sunnite a été condamné à mort dimanche pour le meurtre de deux soldats en Irak, un verdict qui pourrait nuire aux relations entre ... «Romandie.com, Nov 14»
9
En Irak, l'Etat islamique continue les massacres
Les djihadistes de l'Etat islamique ont tué en l'espace de quelques jours 322 membres d'une tribu sunnite de la province d'Anbar, dans l'Ouest irakien. «Paris Match, Nov 14»
10
L'EI a exécuté 46 membres d'une tribu sunnite dans l'ouest de l'Irak
Les djihadistes ont exécuté au moins 46 membres d'une tribu sunnite qui a pris les armes contre eux dans la province d'Al-Anbar, dans l'ouest de l'Irak, ont ... «L'Express, Oct 14»

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« EDUCALINGO. Sunnite [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/sunnite>. Apr 2024 ».
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