সুফী

সুফী

Bengali

Alternative forms

• সূফী (sūfī)

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic صُوفِيّ‎ (ṣūfiyy), from the root ص و ف‎ (ṣ-w-f).

Noun

সুফী • (sufī) (objective সুফী or সুফীকে, genitive সুফীর, locative সুফীতে)

1. A mystic Muslim; a Muslim ascetic; a practitioner of Sufism.

   ইঁহাদের একজনেরসুফী বলিয়া খ্যাতি ছিল

   ĩhader ekjôner sufī bôliẏa khaeti chilô

   (please add an English translation of this usage example)

   - Abul Mansur Ahmad

2. A particular Muslim family name.

Derived terms

• সুফিবাদ (sufibad)

References

• Accessible Dictionary, “সুফী” Bengali-English, Government of Bangladesh
• Accessible Dictionary, “সুফী” Bengali-Bengali, Government of Bangladesh