Sufi

See also: sufi

English

Alternative forms

Sofee (archaic), Sofi (archaic)

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish صوفی‎ (sufi), from Arabic صُوفِيّ‎ (ṣūfiyy, “man of wool”).

Pronunciation

Rhymes: -uːfi

Noun

Sufi (plural Sufis)

A mystic Muslim; a Muslim ascetic; a practitioner of Sufism.

Derived terms

Translations

a Sufi muslim

Arabic: صُوفِيّ‎ (ṣūfiyy)
Bengali: সুফী (bn) (sufī)
Catalan: sufí m
Czech: súfijec m
Finnish: suufilainen (fi)
Hindi: सूफ़ी m (sūfī), सूफी (hi) m (sūphī), सोफी (hi) m (sophī), सौफी (hi) m (sauphī)
Italian: sufi (it)
Kazakh: сопы (sopy)
Kumyk: супу (supu)
Kurdish:
Northern Kurdish: sofî (ku)
Marathi: सुफी (suphī)
Pashto: صوفي‎ (ps) m (sofí)
Persian: صوفی‎ (fa) (sufi), درویش‎ (fa) (darviš)
Russian: су́фий (ru) m (súfij)
Spanish: sufí (es) m
Swahili: sufii
Turkish: mutasavvıf (tr), sufi (tr)
Urdu: صوفی‎ m (sūfī)

See also

dervish

Anagrams

FIUs, USFI, sifu

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