София

See also: Софія

Bulgarian

Etymology

From Byzantine Greek and Ancient Greek σοφία (sophía, “wisdom, divine wisdom”). For the female name, see Sophia. As the name of the capital of Bulgaria, from църква „Света София“ (cǎrkva "Sveta Sofija"), from Byzantine Greek Ναός Ἁγίας Σοφίας (Naós Hagías Sophías, “Church of Holy Wisdom”), the city's prominent 6th-century Byzantine Greek church, first attested being used as the name for the city in the 14th century and reinforced under Ottoman rule as Ottoman Turkish صوفیه (Sofya).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ˈsɔfijɐ]
Audio (Standard Bulgarian): (file)
Rhymes: -ɔfijɐ
Syllabification^(key): Со‧фи‧я
Hyphenation^(key): Со‧фия

Proper noun

Со́фия • (Sófija) f (relational adjective софи́йски, demonym софия́нец, female demonym софия́нка)

Sofia (a female given name from Ancient Greek, equivalent to English Sophia)
Sofia (the capital city of Bulgaria)
Живе́я в Со́фия
Živéja v Sófija
I live in Sofia

Inflection

given name

Declension of Софи́я
	singular	plural
indefinite	Софи́я Sofíja	Софи́и Sofíi
definite	—	Софи́ите Sofíite
vocative form	Софи́йо Sofíjo	Софи́и Sofíi

city

Declension of Со́фия
	singular
indefinite	Со́фия Sófija
definite	—
vocative form	Со́фийо¹ Sófijo¹

¹Poetic.

Related terms

софи́йски (sofíjski)
софия́нец (sofijánec), софия́нка (sofijánka)

Descendants

→ Afrikaans: Sofia
→ Albanian: Sofja, Sofje
→ Amharic: ሶፊያ (sofiya)
→ Arabic: صُوفْيَا (ṣūfyā)
- Hijazi Arabic: صوفيا (ṣōfyā)
→ Armenian: Սոֆիա (Sofia)
→ Azerbaijani: Sofiya
→ Belarusian: Сафі́я (Safíja)
→ Bengali: সোফিয়া (śōphiẏa)
→ Burmese: ဆိုဖီယာ (hcuihpiya)
→ Catalan: Sofia
→ Chinese: 索非亞 / 索非亚 (Suǒfēiyà)
→ Czech: Sofie
→ Danish: Sofija, Sofia
→ Dutch: Sofia
→ English: Sofia
→ Esperanto: Sofio
→ Estonian: Sofia
→ Finnish: Sofia
→ French: Sofia
→ Galician: Sofía
→ Georgian: სოფია (sopia)
→ German: Sofia
→ Greek: Σόφια (Sófia)
→ Hebrew: סוֹפִיָה (sófiya)
→ Hindi: सोफ़िया (sofiyā)
→ Hungarian: Szófia
→ Icelandic: Sófía
→ Indonesian: Sofia
→ Irish: Sóifia
→ Italian: Sofia
→ Japanese: ソフィア (Sofia)
→ Kabardian: Софие (Sofije)
→ Kazakh: София (Sofiä)
→ Khmer: សូភ្វីយ៉ា (soufiiyaa)
→ Korean: 소피아 (Sopia), 쏘피아 (Ssopia)
→ Northern Kurdish: Sofya
→ Kyrgyz: София (Sofiya)
→ Lao: ໂຊເຟຍ (sō fīa)
→ Latvian: Sofija
→ Lithuanian: Sofija
→ Macedonian: Софија (Sofija)
→ Malay: Sofia
→ Maltese: Sofja
→ Marathi: सोफिया (sophiyā)
→ Mongolian: Софи (Sofi)
→ Navajo: Sóóbiya
→ Norwegian: Sofia
→ Pannonian Rusyn: София (Sofija)
→ Pashto: صوفيه (sofīya)
→ Persian: صوفیا (Sofiyâ), صوفیه (Sofiye)
→ Polish: Sofia
→ Portuguese: Sófia
→ Romanian: Sofia
→ Russian: Софи́я (Sofíja)
→ Serbo-Croatian: Sòfija
→ Slovak: Sofia
→ Slovene: Sofija
→ Spanish: Sofía
→ Swedish: Sofia
→ Tagalog: Sopiya
→ Tajik: София (Sofiya)
→ Tamil: ஸோபியா (sōpiyā)
→ Thai: โซเฟีย (soo-fiia)
→ Tibetan: སོ་ཧྥི་ཡ (so hphi ya)
→ Ottoman Turkish: صوفیه (Sofya, Sofiye)
- Turkish: Sofya
- → English: Sofya
→ Turkmen: Sofiýa
→ Ukrainian: Софі́я (Sofíja)
→ Urdu: صوفیہ m (sofiyā)
→ Uyghur: سوفىيە (sofiye)
→ Uzbek: Sofiya
→ Vietnamese: Sách Phi Á, Xô-phi-a
→ Yiddish: סאָפֿיע (sofye)

References

“София”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
“София”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010
Илчев, Стефан (1969), “Софи́я”, in Речник на личните и фамилни имена у българите [Dictionary of Bulgarian Personal and Family Names] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, page 459

Pannonian Rusyn

Etymology

Ultimately from Ancient Greek σοφία (sophía).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [sɔˈfija]
Rhymes: -ija
Hyphenation: Со‧фия

Proper noun

София (Sofija) f

(uncountable) Sofia (the capital city of Bulgaria)
(metonymic) the Bulgarian government
a female given name from Ancient Greek, equivalent to English Sophie or Sophia

Declension

Declension of *София* (Sofija)
	singular	plural
nominative	София (Sofija)	Софиї (Sofiji)
genitive	Софиї (Sofiji)	Софийох (Sofijox)
dative	Софиї (Sofiji)	Софийом (Sofijom)
accusative	Софию (Sofiju)	Софиї (Sofiji)
instrumental	Софию (Sofiju)	Софиями (Sofijami)
locative	Софиї (Sofiji)	Софийох (Sofijox)
vocative	Софийо (Sofijo)	Софиї (Sofiji)

Russian

Alternative forms

Со́фья (Sófʹja) (given name)
Софі́я (Sofíja) — pre-1918 spelling

Etymology

Ultimately borrowed from Ancient Greek σοφία (sophía, “wisdom”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [sɐˈfʲijə]
Audio: (file)

Proper noun

Софи́я • (Sofíja) f inan (genitive Софи́и, relational adjective софи́йский)

Sofia (the capital city of Bulgaria)
Sofia (a female given name from Ancient Greek, equivalent to English Sophia)
(Gnosticism) Sophia (Aeon of wisdom)

Declension

Declension of Софи́я (inan sg-only fem-form i-stem accent-a)

	singular
nominative	Софи́я Sofíja
genitive	Софи́и Sofíi
dative	Софи́и Sofíi
accusative	Софи́ю Sofíju
instrumental	Софи́ей, Софи́ею Sofíjej, Sofíjeju
prepositional	Софи́и Sofíi

Derived terms

Сонечка (Sonečka)
Сонька (Sonʹka)
Софка (Sofka)
Софочка (Sofočka)
Софьюшка (Sofʹjuška)

Related terms

софи́ец (sofíjec), софи́йка (sofíjka)