Associations to the word «Sunni»

Wiktionary

SUNNI, adjective. Belonging or relating to 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.
SUNNI, noun. (countable) A follower of Sunnism.
SUNNI, noun. (uncountable) Sunni Islam.
SUNNI BELT, noun. A predominantly Sunni region in northeast Iraq and the Levant.

Dictionary definition

SUNNI, noun. A member of the branch of Islam that accepts the first four caliphs as rightful successors to Muhammad.
SUNNI, noun. One of the two main branches of orthodox Islam.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats