Sophi
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English
Noun
Sophi (plural Sophis)
- Archaic spelling of Sufi.[1]
- 1728, Ephraim Chambers, editor, Cyclopædia, or an Universal Dictionary of Arts and Sciences, 1st edition, volume 2, London: printed for J. and J. Knapton , →OCLC, page 97:
- Others derive Sophi from the Sophi or Sages anciently called Magi.
- For more quotations using this term, see Citations:Sophi.
- Archaic spelling of Safawi[2]
- 1980, Roger Savory, Iran under the Safavids, Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, published 2007, →ISBN, page 259:
- The Safavid shahs were commonly termed by Western writers "Sophie", "Sophy", "Sophi" or "Soffi". All these terms were probably corruptions of Ṣafī, the name of the founder of the Safavid Order, rather than of Ṣūfī, as the Safavid supporters called themselves.
- For more quotations using this term, see Citations:Sophi.
References
- ^ “sophi”, in The Century Dictionary , New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
- ^ “Sophy, n.1”, in OED Online
, Oxford: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.
