صوفی
Persian
Etymology
Borrowed from Arabic صُوفِيّ (ṣūfiyy, “Sufi”)
Pronunciation
- (Classical Persian) IPA(key): /suː.ˈfiː/
- (Dari, formal) IPA(key): [suː.fíː]
- (Iran, formal) IPA(key): [suː.fíː]
- (Tajik, formal) IPA(key): [su.fí]
| Readings | |
|---|---|
| Classical reading? | sūfī |
| Dari reading? | sūfī |
| Iranian reading? | sufi |
| Tajik reading? | sufi |
Adjective
صوفی • (sufi)
Noun
صوفی • (sufi)
- 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.”
- guft na az sūfīyan afzūn ma-jō
Related terms
- صوفیه (sufiye)