صوفي

• IPA^(key): /sˤuː.fijj/

Relative adjective (nisba) composed of صُوف (ṣūf, “wool”) +‎ ـِيّ (-iyy), from the root ص و ف (ṣ-w-f).

صُوفِيّ • (ṣūfiyy) (feminine صُوفِيَّة (ṣūfiyya), masculine plural صُوفِيُّونَ (ṣūfiyyūna), feminine plural صُوفِيَّات (ṣūfiyyāt))

1. woolen

Same as above, due to a popular clothing in pertinent orders. An alleged derivation from Ancient Greek σοφός (sophós, “wise”) has no formal or factual basis.

صُوفِيّ • (ṣūfiyy) (feminine صُوفِيَّة (ṣūfiyya), masculine plural صُوفِيُّونَ (ṣūfiyyūna), feminine plural صُوفِيَّات (ṣūfiyyāt))

1. Sufi

   الْأَدَبُ الْصُّوفِيُّ غَالِبًا يَسْتَخْدِمُ الْشِّعْرُ وَالْمُوسِيقَى لِلْتَّعْبِيرِ عَنِ الْتَّجْرِبَةِ الْرُّوحِيَّةِ.

   al-ʔadabu l-ṣṣūfiyyu ḡāliban yastaḵdimu l-ššiʕru wālmūsīqā lilttaʕbīri ʕani l-ttajribati l-rrūḥiyyati.

   Sufi literature often uses poetry and music to express the spiritual experience.

صُوفِيّ • (ṣūfiyy) m (plural صُوفِيُّونَ (ṣūfiyyūna), feminine صُوفِيَّة (ṣūfiyya))

1. Sufi

• تَصَوُّف (taṣawwuf)
• صُوفِيَّة (ṣūfiyya)

• Hartmann, Richard (1916) “Zur Frage nach der Herkunft und den Anfängen des Ṣûfîtums.”, in Der Islam (in German), volume 6, pages 31–70
• Nöldeke, Theodor (1894) “Ṣûfî”, in Zeitschrift der Deutschen Morgenländischen Gesellschaft (in German), volume 48, pages 45–48

From Arabic صُوفِيّ (ṣūfiyy).

• IPA^(key): /sˤuː.fi/

صوفي • (ṣūfi)

1. (slang) non-smoker, does not smoke or use tobacco; analgesics (painkillers) and drugs.