Sofi

Sofi (plural Sofis)

1. 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.

2. 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:

     He called himself a Safavi, from Safi, an ancestor illustrious for piety; and hence to contemporary Europe he was known as the Sofi.

• “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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• IPA^(key): /sɔ.fi/

Sofi m (plural Sofis)

1. Sophy (“archaic form of Safawi”)

• “Sofi”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

• IPA^(key): [ˈzoːfi]
• Hyphenation: So‧fi

Sofi f (genitive Sofi, plural Sofis)

1. (colloquial) Clipping of Sonnenfinsternis.

• “Sofi” in Duden online

• IPA^(key): /ˈsofi/ [ˈso.fi]
• Rhymes: -ofi
• Syllabification: So‧fi

Sofi f

1. a diminutive of the female given name Sofía, equivalent to English Sophie

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Sofi c (genitive Sofis)

1. a female given name, short for Sofia or Sofie; also popular in the conjoined name Ann-Sofi or Ann-Sofie

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