Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

kutub al-sittah

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: ku-tub al-sit-tah
IPA

22

Scrabble Score

13

Letters

4

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

name

The group of six collections of hadiths (sayings or acts of Muhammad) which form part of the official canon of Sunni Islam.

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic الكُتُب السِّتَّة (al-kutub as-sitta, “the six books”).

Origin

Source language: Arabic

Word Breakdown

Root: الكُتُب السِّتَّة, ك ت ب

Questions

What does kutub al-sittah mean?: The group of six collections of hadiths (sayings or acts of Muhammad) which form part of the official canon of Sunni Islam.
Where does kutub al-sittah come from?: It is traced to Arabic.

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