Sufin.¹

Brit.

/ˈsuːfi/, U.S.

/ˈsufi/

Forms: 1600s Suffi, 1600s, 1800s Sofee, 1700s Souffee, 1700s–1800s Sofi, 1800s Soof(f)ee, Soofi, Soophee, 1800s Sufi.

Etymology: < Arabic çūfī lit. ‘man of wool’, < çūf wool (see Margoliouth Early Devel. Mohamm., 1914, 141). Compare French sofi , soufi . It has often been erroneously associated with Sophy n.¹

One of a sect of Muslim ascetic mystics who in later times embraced pantheistic views.

ΘΚΠ

society > faith > sect > non-Christian religions > Islam > Islamic sects and groups > [noun] > Sufi > person

Sufian1585

Sufi1650

murid1815

murshid1855

Sufist1913

1650 R. Withers tr. O. Bon Descr. Grand Signor's Seraglio xii. 187 Those Turks which..would be accounted Sofees, [margin. Puritans] do commonly read, as they walk along the streets.

1796 J. Morse Amer. Universal Geogr. (new ed.) II. 571 Some of them called Souffees, who are a kind of quietists.

1815 M. Elphinstone Acct. Kingdom Caubul Introd. 62 The mystical doctrines of the Sofees.

1872 J. R. Lowell Dante in Prose Wks. (1890) IV. 149 A Soofi who has passed the fourth step of initiation.

1875 Encycl. Brit. II. 677/2 The Persian Sufis specially distinguished themselves by their practice of abstinence and solitary meditation.

attributive.1815 M. Elphinstone Acct. Kingdom Caubul ii. v. 208 The beauty of the Soofee system.1886 C. R. Conder Syrian Stone-lore (1896) ix. 342 (note) The ‘path’, the final ‘unity’ with God, the disbelief in all creeds, [etc.]..which form the great Sufi doctrines, are purely Buddhist.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1915; most recently modified version published online December 2020).

Sufin.²

Forms: Also 1600s Suffee.

Etymology: Alteration of Sophy n.¹

= Sophy n.¹

ΘΚΠ

society > authority > rule or government > ruler or governor > sovereign ruler or monarch > other independent rulers > [noun] > shah

Sophy1539

shah1566

Great King1576

Sophy1606

Sufi1698

padishah1758

Shahanshah1815

1698 J. Fryer New Acct. E.-India & Persia 108 Mogul, which is as much as Suffet in Arabic, from whence the Persian Emperor is called Suffee.

1876 Encycl. Brit. IV. 707/1 The Sophi or Sufi of Persia.

1876 Encycl. Brit. V. 175/1 The palace of the Sufi princes.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1915; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	sufi
释义	Sufin.¹ Brit. /ˈsuːfi/, U.S. /ˈsufi/ Forms: 1600s Suffi, 1600s, 1800s Sofee, 1700s Souffee, 1700s–1800s Sofi, 1800s Soof(f)ee, Soofi, Soophee, 1800s Sufi. Etymology: < Arabic çūfī lit. ‘man of wool’, < çūf wool (see Margoliouth Early Devel. Mohamm., 1914, 141). Compare French sofi , soufi . It has often been erroneously associated with Sophy n.¹ One of a sect of Muslim ascetic mystics who in later times embraced pantheistic views. ΘΚΠ society > faith > sect > non-Christian religions > Islam > Islamic sects and groups > [noun] > Sufi > person Sufian1585 Sufi1650 murid1815 murshid1855 Sufist1913 1650 R. Withers tr. O. Bon Descr. Grand Signor's Seraglio xii. 187 Those Turks which..would be accounted Sofees, [margin. Puritans] do commonly read, as they walk along the streets. 1796 J. Morse Amer. Universal Geogr. (new ed.) II. 571 Some of them called Souffees, who are a kind of quietists. 1815 M. Elphinstone Acct. Kingdom Caubul Introd. 62 The mystical doctrines of the Sofees. 1872 J. R. Lowell Dante in Prose Wks. (1890) IV. 149 A Soofi who has passed the fourth step of initiation. 1875 Encycl. Brit. II. 677/2 The Persian Sufis specially distinguished themselves by their practice of abstinence and solitary meditation. attributive.1815 M. Elphinstone Acct. Kingdom Caubul ii. v. 208 The beauty of the Soofee system.1886 C. R. Conder Syrian Stone-lore (1896) ix. 342 (note) The ‘path’, the final ‘unity’ with God, the disbelief in all creeds, [etc.]..which form the great Sufi doctrines, are purely Buddhist. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1915; most recently modified version published online December 2020). Sufin.² Forms: Also 1600s Suffee. Etymology: Alteration of Sophy n.¹ = Sophy n.¹ ΘΚΠ society > authority > rule or government > ruler or governor > sovereign ruler or monarch > other independent rulers > [noun] > shah Sophy1539 shah1566 Great King1576 Sophy1606 Sufi1698 padishah1758 Shahanshah1815 1698 J. Fryer New Acct. E.-India & Persia 108 Mogul, which is as much as Suffet in Arabic, from whence the Persian Emperor is called Suffee. 1876 Encycl. Brit. IV. 707/1 The Sophi or Sufi of Persia. 1876 Encycl. Brit. V. 175/1 The palace of the Sufi princes. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1915; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.¹1650n.²1698
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