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Sufi
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sufi
English
Alternative forms
en Sofee archaic, en Sofi archaic, en Suphy archaic
Etymology
From en ota صوفی sufi, from en ar صُوفِيّ man of wool. en ar ص و ف
Pronunciation
en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Sumxr-Sufi.wav US
en uːfi 2
Noun
A mystic Muslim; a Muslim ascetic; a practitioner of Sufism.
en 1769 Firishta Alexander Dow Tales translated from the Persian of Inatulla of Delhi I P. and W. Wilson et al. Dublin v Some admired the external beauties of the objects they beheld, like the nightingale in love with the roſe; ſome inchanted by the concert around, like Suphys delighting in madneſs, toſſed the cup of exultation into the ſkies[.] [Footnote] Suphys are a sect of mad philoſophers.
Adjective
Of or pertaining to Sufism or Sufis.
Derived terms
en Sufic Sufize Sufism Sufist Sufite
Translations
a Sufi muslim
Arabic: ar صُوفِيّ
Bengali: bn সুফী sufī
Catalan: ca sufí m
Czech: cs súfijec m
Finnish: fi suufilainen
Gujarati: gu સૂફી m
Hindi: hi सूफ़ी m, hi सूफी m, hi सोफी m, hi सौफी m
Italian: it sufi
Kazakh: kk сопы
Kumyk: kum супу supu
Kurdish:
Northern Kurdish: kmr sofî
Marathi: mr सुफी
Pashto: ps صوفي m sofí
Persian: fa صوفی sufi, fa درویش darviš
Russian: ru су́фий m
Spanish: es sufí
Swahili: sw sufii
Turkish: tr mutasavvıf, tr sufi
Turkmen: tk sopy
Urdu: ur صوفی m sūfī
Uzbek: uz sufiy
See also
en dervish
Anagrams
en fisu FIUs USFI sifu
en Sufism