Sophi
See also: sophi
English
Noun
Sophi (plural Sophis)
- Archaic spelling of Sufi.[1]
- 1728, Ephraim Chambers, editor, Cyclopædia, or an Universal Dictionary of Arts and Sciences, 1st edition, volume 2, London: printed for J. and J. Knapton [et al.], →OCLC, page 97:
- Others derive Sophi from the Sophi or Sages anciently called Magi.
- For more quotations using this term, see Citations:Sophi.
- Archaic spelling of Safawi.[2]
- 1980, Roger Savory, Iran under the Safavids, Cambridge [u.a.]: Cambridge University Press, published 2007, →ISBN, page 259:
- The Safavid shahs were commonly termed by Western writers "Sophie", "Sophy", "Sophi" or "Soffi". All these terms were probably corruptions of Ṣafī, the name of the founder of the Safavid Order, rather than of Ṣūfī, as the Safavid supporters called themselves.
- For more quotations using this term, see Citations:Sophi.
References
- ^ William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “sophi”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC.
- ^ “Sophy, n.1”, in OED Online , Oxford: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.
Anagrams
Latin
Etymology 1
From Arabic صَفَوِيّ (ṣafawiyy).
Alternative forms
Noun
Sophi m sg (indeclinable, no genitive)
- (New Latin) Sophy, Safawi
- Synonym: Safavidēs
- 1616, Index chronologicus[1], page 511:
- ISMAEL SOPHI Rex Perſarum
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Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Noun
Sophī
- inflection of Sophus (“Sophy, Safawi”):
- nominative/vocative masculine plural
- genitive masculine/neuter singular
- 1740, Eginhartus, De Vita et Gestis Caroli Magni[2], page 193:
- Romanorum Imperatores Caeſares, Perſarum Reges Sophi, Franciae Reges Merovaei primum, dein Carolini, Carolingi, Carolides, tandem Capevingi ab Hugone Capeto nuncupati ſunt.
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