Sofi
English edit
Noun edit
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 [u.a.]: Macmillan, →OCLC, page 88:
Further reading edit
- “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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Sofi m (plural Sofis)
Further reading edit
- “Sofi”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
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Noun edit
Sofi f (genitive Sofi, plural Sofis)
- (colloquial) Clipping of Sonnenfinsternis.
Declension edit
Declension of Sofi [feminine]
Further reading edit
- “Sofi” in Duden online
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Proper noun edit
Sofi f
- a diminutive of the female given name Sofía, equivalent to English Sophie
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Sofi c (genitive Sofis)
- a female given name, short for Sofia or Sofie; also popular in the conjoined name Ann-Sofi or Ann-Sofie