sunat

Indonesian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈsunat̪̚]
  • Hyphenation: su‧nat
  • Rhymes: -at

Etymology 1

From Javanese sunat.

Noun

sunat (plural sunat-sunat)

  1. circumcision (excising foreskin from penis)
    Synonyms: khitan, sirkumsisi

Affixed terms

  • bersunat
  • menyunat
  • menyunati
  • menyunatkan
  • penyunat
  • penyunatan
  • sunatan

Etymology 2

Noun

sunat (plural sunat-sunat)

  1. (nonstandard) alternative spelling of sunah (“recommended practice”)

Further reading

Malay

Etymology

From Arabic سُنَّة (sunna, “a recommended practice”).

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -at

Noun

sunat (Jawi spelling سونت, plural sunat-sunat)

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

Romanian

Etymology

Past participle of suna.

Noun

sunat n (uncountable)

  1. called

Declension

Declension of sunat
singular only indefinite definite
nominative-accusative sunat sunatul
genitive-dative sunat sunatului
vocative sunatule

Tagalog

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian سُنَّت (sunnat), from Arabic سُنَّة (sunna). Compare Maranao sonat (“clean”), Tausug sunnat (“circumcise by lightly scraping the clitoris”), and Malay sunat (“circumcision”). Doublet of sunna.

Pronunciation

  • (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /suˈnat/ [sʊˈn̪at̪̚]
  • Rhymes: -at
  • Syllabification: su‧nat

Noun

sunát (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜓᜈᜆ᜔) (obsolete)

  1. circumcision
    Synonym: tuli
  2. female circumcision; excision of a woman's clitoris as part of Brunei custom [16th–17th c.]

Derived terms

  • magsunat
  • masunat
  • pasunat
  • sumunat
  • sunatin

See also

Further reading

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