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English
Noun
Sofi (plural Sofis)
- Archaic spelling of Sufi.
1828, Frederic Shoberl, Persia, page 95:The devout Mahometans charge the Sofis with atheism; while the latter not only deny the accusation, but pretend to hold intercourse with God: they assemble at night, and perform the exercises of turning round, jumping and shouting, till they drop down from weakness and exhaustion.
- Archaic spelling of Safawi
1902, John Bagnell Bury, “The Ottoman conquest”, in Adolphus W. Ward, George W. Prothero, Stanley M. Leathes, editors, The Cambridge Modern History, volume 1, New York : Macmillan, →OCLC, page 88:He called himself a Safavi, from Safi, an ancestor illustrious for piety; and hence to contemporary Europe he was known as the Sofi.
Further reading
- “sofi, sophism”, in The Century Dictionary , New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
- “sufi, sofi”, in The Century Dictionary , New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
- “Sophy, n.1”, in OED Online , Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.
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French
Pronunciation
Noun
Sofi m (plural Sofis)
- Sophy (“archaic form of Safawi”)
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German
Pronunciation
Noun
Sofi f (genitive Sofi, plural Sofis)
- (colloquial) Clipping of Sonnenfinsternis.
Declension
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Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈsofi/
- Rhymes: -ofi
- Syllabification: So‧fi
Proper noun
Sofi f
- a diminutive of the female given name Sofía, equivalent to English Sophie
Swedish
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Proper noun
Sofi c (genitive Sofis)
- a female given name, short for Sofia or Sofie; also popular in the conjoined name Ann-Sofi or Ann-Sofie
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