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Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: -sophy n combining form - indicating knowledge or an intellectual system: philosophy, theosophy
Etymology: from Greek -sophia, from sophia wisdom, from sophos wise-sophic, -sophical adj combining form WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024So•phy (sō′fē, sof′ē),USA pronunciation n., pl. -phies. (sometimes l.c.) - World Historyany of the Safavid rulers of Persia: used as a title.
Also, Sophi. - Persian ṣūfī sufi, by association with Safawī the safavid dynasty
- Turkish sofi
- probably 1530–40
-sophy, - a combining form occurring in loanwords from Greek (philosophy;
theosophy); on this model used, with the meaning "science of,'' in the formation of compound words:anthroposophy.
- Greek -sophia, combining form of sophía skill, wisdom; see -y3
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