sunnah

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Sunnah^¹

noun

alternative Alternative form of sunnah

sunnah^²

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Borrowed from Arabic سُنَّة (sunna, “habit, custom”).

noun sunnahs · Sunna · sunna

countable, uncountable (An example of) Muhammad's way of life, as recorded in the hadiths, especially when viewed as a model for Muslims to emulate.

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noun custom, system, way of life

한국어	순나 sunna
日本語	スンナ sunna
中文	聖行 /圣行 shèngxíng, shèngxìng
हिन्दी	सुन्नत sunnat
Italiano	sunna
العربية	سُنَّة sunna

noun Muhammad's way of life

日本語	スンナ sunna
हिन्दी	सुन्नत sunnat
Português	suna
Deutsch	Sunna
Русский	су́нна súnna

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@misc{sunnah_2026,
  title = {sunnah},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/sunnah},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}