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سنت sunnat for A. سنة, v.n. fr. سن 'to form or fashion,' 'to institute,' c.

P سنت sunnat (for A. سنة, v.n. fr. سن 'to form or fashion,' 'to institute,' &c.), s.f. Mode or manner of acting, course or rule of conduct or of life, right way (of life); statute, ordinance (of religion), rite, an obligatory religious ceremony; circumcision; a practice or saying (or the practices and sayings collectively) of Mohammad as handed down by tradition, the traditions of Mohammad;—the prayers enjoined by Mohammad:—sunnat karnā (-kī), To circumcise:—be-sunnat, adj. Uncircumcised.