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Where does “Sunnistan” come from?

Sunnistan (English) comes from English Sunni, from Arabic سُنِّيّ, from Arabic ـِيّ — {{n-g|suffix used to derive adjectives and...

Ancestry of “Sunnistan”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishSunniBelonging or relating to the branch of Islam...
2Arabicسُنِّيّ—
3Arabicـِيّ{{n-g|suffix used to derive adjectives and...
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