sunah

Indonesian

Etymology

Inherited from Malay [Term?], 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)

1. habit, custom

   Synonym: kebiasaan

2. (Islam) a traditional practice for which there is a divine reward but for whose omission there is no punishment, a supererogatory act
3. (Islam) a religiously canonized tradition or practice which attributed to Islamic religious figures (typically Prophet Muhammad)

   Synonym: hadis

Alternative forms

• sunat, sunnah

Affixed terms

• disunahkan
• menyunahkan

Compounds

• sunah nabi
• sunah rasul

Adjective

sunah (comparative lebih sunah, superlative paling sunah)

1. (rare, dated) This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.
   • 1983, Warta BRI‎, Bank Rakyat Indonesia, page 26:

     Disamping ada syarat yang wajib, ada lagi syarat yang sunat, artinya akan sangat membantu bila hal ini dipenuhi.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Further reading

• “sunah”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016