Where does “सुन्नी” come from?

सुन्नी (Hindi) comes from Classical Persian سنی, from Arabic سُنِّيّ, from Arabic ـِيّ — {{n-g|suffix used to derive adjectives and...

सुन्नी (Hindi): Sunnism, Sunni Islam

Definitions

  1. Sunnism, Sunni Islam

Ancestry of “सुन्नी”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Classical Persianسنی—
2Arabicسُنِّيّ—
3Arabicـِيّ{{n-g|suffix used to derive adjectives and...
Every word from Arabic ـِيّ →Every word from Arabic سُنِّيّ →Every word from Classical Persian سنی →