sunnize

sunnize is the alternative letter-case form of Sunnize.

Verb capitalized: Sunnize

Sunnize (third-person singular simple present Sunnizes, present participle Sunnizing, simple past and past participle Sunnized)

(ambitransitive) To make or become Sunni
- In this regard it must be noted that the PKK operations in Hatay have targeted the Sunni Turkmen that Turkey settled in the province after it was annexed in 1939 in order to Sunnize the region. The bulk of the population in 1939 was comprised of Alawite Arabs as is 10 to 11 percent of Syrian...1997, Akin, “Some Rotten Deals Over the Heads of Kurds that will Boomerang!”, in cl.nahost.kurdistan (Usenet)
- […] was really of the same category as the pirs and murshids of popular Sufism, regardless of Shia extrapolations from a more Sunnized epoch that in turn had elements in common with earlier forms of Shi'ism.1988, Kevin R. D. Shepherd, From oppression to freedom, page 32

third-person singular present	sunnizes
present participle	sunnizing
past participle	sunnized
past	sunnized
third-person singular present	Sunnizes
present participle	Sunnizing
past participle	Sunnized
past	Sunnized
alternative form	sunnize
alternative form	Sunnise

From Sunni + -ize.

What does sunnize mean?: Sunnize means to make or become Sunni.
What is sunnize the alternative letter-case form of?: Sunnize is the alternative letter-case form of Sunnize.
What part of speech is sunnize?: Sunnize is a verb.
What is the past tense of sunnize?: The past tense of sunnize is sunnized.

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Last updated: 2026-09-02

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