Sofi

Sofi

See also: sofi and sófi

English

Noun

Sofi (plural Sofis)

1. Archaic spelling of Sufi.
   • 1828, Frederic Shoberl, Persia (page 95)

     The devout Mahometans charge the Sofis with atheism; while the latter not only deny the accusation, but pretend to hold intercourse with God: they assemble at night, and perform the exercises of turning round, jumping and shouting, till they drop down from weakness and exhaustion.

2. Archaic spelling of Safawi
   • 1902, Bury, John Bagnell, “The Ottoman conquest”, in Adolphus W. Ward, George W. Prothero, Stanley M. Leathes, editors, The Cambridge Modern History, volume 1, New York [u.a.]: Macmillan, OCLC 572735443, page 88:

     He called himself a Safavi, from Safi, an ancestor illustrious for piety; and hence to contemporary Europe he was known as the Sofi.

Further reading

• sofi, sophism in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911
• sufi, sofi in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911
• “Sophy, n.1”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.

Anagrams

• FiOS, IFOs

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French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sɔ.fi/

Noun

Sofi m (plural Sofis)

1. Sophy (“archaic form of Safawi”)

Further reading

• “Sofi”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

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German

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈzoːfi]
• Hyphenation: So‧fi

Noun

Sofi f (genitive Sofi, plural Sofis)

1. (colloquial) Clipping of Sonnenfinsternis.

Declension

Declension of Sofi [feminine]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	eine	die	Sofi	die	Sofis
genitive	einer	der	Sofi	der	Sofis
dative	einer	der	Sofi	den	Sofis
accusative	eine	die	Sofi	die	Sofis

Further reading

• “Sofi” in Duden online

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Swedish

Proper noun

Sofi c (genitive Sofis)

1. a female given name, short for Sofia or Sofie; also popular in the conjoined name Ann-Sofi or Ann-Sofie

Anagrams

• iofs