سنت

See also: سنة and سنہ

Arabic

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sant/

Noun

سَنْت • (sant) m

1. cent

Declension

Declension of noun سَنْت (sant)

Singular	basic singular triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	سَنْت sant	السَّنْت as-sant	سَنْت sant
Nominative	سَنْتٌ santun	السَّنْتُ as-santu	سَنْتُ santu
Accusative	سَنْتًا santan	السَّنْتَ as-santa	سَنْتَ santa
Genitive	سَنْتٍ santin	السَّنْتِ as-santi	سَنْتِ santi

Etymology 2

Verb

سنت (form I)

1. سَنَّتْ (sannat) /san.nat/: third-person feminine singular past active of سَنَّ (sanna)
2. سُنَّتْ (sunnat) /sun.nat/: third-person feminine singular past passive of سَنَّ (sanna)

Malay

Noun

سنت (plural سنت-سنت or سنت۲, informal 1st possessive سنتکو, 2nd possessive سنتمو, 3rd possessive سنتڽ)

1. Jawi spelling of senat‎

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic سُنَّة (sunna).

سنت

Noun

سنت • (sünnet)

1. (Islam) Sunna
2. (Islam) circumcision (excising foreskin from penis)

Derived terms

• سنت ایتمك (sünnet etmek)
• سنت اولمق (sünnet olmak)
• سنتجی (sünnetci)
• سنتلو (sünnetli)

Descendants

• > Turkish: sünnet (inherited)
• → Albanian: synet
• → Macedonian: сунет (sunet)
• → Serbo-Croatian: sunet, сунет

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic سُنَّة (sunna).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [sun.ˈnat]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [sʊn.nǽt̪]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [sʊn.nǽt̪]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [sʊn.nǽt̪]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [sun.nǽt̪]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [son.nǽt̪]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [sun.nǽt̪]

Readings
Classical reading?	sunnat
Dari reading?	sunnat
Iranian reading?	sonnat
Tajik reading?	sunnat

Noun

Dari	سنت
Iranian Persian
Tajik	суннат

سُنَّت • (sonnat) (plural سنت‌ها (sonnat-hâ))

1. tradition
2. habit
3. custom
4. (Islam) Sunna
5. (Islam) circumcision (excising the foreskin from the penis)

Derived terms

• سُنَّتی (sonnati)

Related terms

• سُنّی (sonni)

Urdu

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Arabic سُنَّة (sunna).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /sʊn.nət̪/

Noun

سُنَّت • (sunnat) f (Hindi spelling सुन्नत)

1. tradition
2. habit
3. custom
4. (Islam) Sunna
5. (Islam) circumcision (excising the foreskin from the penis)

Etymology 2

From Sanskrit सत् (sat).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /sənt̪/

Noun

سَنْت • (sant) m (Hindi spelling संत)

1. (Sikhism, Hinduism) a saint
2. a revered or venerated person