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sufism

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.41 in modern English

Syllables
su-fism
IPA
11
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
2
Syllables
5
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A family of spiritual schools in Islam emphasizing mysticism and asceticism.

Uncountable

Etymology

Etymology tree English Sufi Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íd͏̌d͏̌ō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Indo-European *-mos Proto-Indo-European *-mós Ancient Greek -μός (-mós) Ancient Greek -ισμός (-ismós)der. English -ism English Sufism From Sufi + -ism.

Usage

Questions

What does sufism mean?
A family of spiritual schools in Islam emphasizing mysticism and asceticism.
Where does sufism come from?
Etymology tree English Sufi Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íd͏̌d͏̌ō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Indo-European *-mos Proto-Indo-European *-mós Ancient Greek -μός (-mós) Ancient Greek -ισμός (-ismós)der. English -ism English Sufism From Sufi + -ism.

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