Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

sufi

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.91 in modern English

Syllables: su-fi
IPA

7

Scrabble Score

4

Letters

2

Syllables

4

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

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

adj

Of or pertaining to Sufism or Sufis.

Example Sentences

"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."

Etymology

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

Origin

Source language: Arabic

Word Breakdown

Root: صوفی, صُوفِيّ, ص و ف

Inflected Forms

Sufis (plural) Sofee (alternative) Sofi (alternative) Suphy (alternative) more Sufi (comparative) most Sufi (superlative)

Derived Forms

Sufic Sufism Sufist Sufite Sufize

Frequently Paired Words

dervish

Rhymes With

goofy poofy roofie floofy newfie woofy foofy oofy roofy

Questions

What does sufi mean?: A mystic Muslim; a Muslim ascetic; a practitioner of Sufism.
Where does sufi come from?: It is traced to Arabic.

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