sunah
Indonesian
Etymology
From Arabic سُنَّة (sunna, “a recommended practice”).
Pronunciation
- (Standard Indonesian) IPA(key): /ˈsunah/ [ˈsu.nah]
- Rhymes: -unah
- Syllabification: su‧nah
Noun
sunah (plural sunah-sunah)
- habit, custom
- Synonym: kebiasaan
- (Islam) a traditional practice for which there is a divine reward but for whose omission there is no punishment, a supererogatory act
- (Islam) a religiously canonized tradition or practice which attributed to Islamic religious figures (typically Prophet Muhammad)
- Synonym: hadis
Alternative forms
Affixed terms
- disunahkan
- menyunahkan
Compounds
- sunah nabi
- sunah rasul
Further reading
- “sunah” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.