Sunni Islam

English

Proper noun

Sunni Islam

2. (Islam) The largest branch of Islam, followed by around 1.7 billion people, whose adherents believe that Muhammad died without appointing a successor, leading to the election of Abu Bakr as the legitimate leader of the Muslim community.

   Synonyms: Sunnism, Sunnitism

   Coordinate terms: Kharijite Islam, Salafism, Shi'a Islam

Hypernyms

• Islam

Translations

y branch of Islam

• Arabic: تَسَنُّن m (tasannun)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 遜尼派 / 逊尼派 (zh) (Xùnnípài)

• Finnish: sunnalaisuus (fi), sunnilaisuus (fi)
• French: sunnisme (fr) m
• Italian: sunnismo (it) m
• Japanese: スンニ派 (sunni-ha), スンニー派 (sunnī-ha), スンナ派 (sunna-ha)
• Kurdish:

  Northern Kurdish: sinîtî (ku) f

• Persian: تسنن (fa) (tasannon)
• Polish: sunnizm m
• Portuguese: sunismo (pt) m
• Russian: сунни́зм (ru) m (sunnízm)
• Spanish: sunismo m
• Swedish: sunni (sv)
• Turkish: Sünnilik (tr)
• Ukrainian: суні́зм m (sunízm)