صوفی

See also: صوفي and ضوقى

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic صُوفِيّ (ṣūfiyy, “Sufi”)

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [suː.ˈfiː]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [suː.fíː]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [suː.fíː]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [suː.fíː]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [su.fí]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [suː.fíː]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [su.fí]

Readings
Classical reading?	sūfī
Dari reading?	sūfī
Iranian reading?	sufi
Tajik reading?	sufī

Adjective

صوفی • (sufi)

1. Sufi

Noun

صوفی • (sufi)

1. Sufi
   • c. 1260s, Jalāl ad-Dīn Mohammad Rūmī, translated by Reynold A. Nicholson, مثنوی معنوی [Masnavi-ye-Ma'navi], volume II, verse 397:

     گفت نه از صوفیان افزون مجو
     نیم دینارت دهم دیگر مگو

     guft na az sūfīyan afzūn ma-jō
     nīm-i dīnar-at diham dīgar ma-gō

     “Nay,” he replied; “don't ask too much from Súfís:
     I will give you half a dinar. Say no more.”

Related terms

• صوفیه (sufiye)