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- Arabic · derived fromصَفَوِيّ
- English todaySafavid
From Persian صفوی (Safavi) + -id, from Arabic صَفَوِيّ (ṣafawiyy), from صَفِيّ (ṣafiyy, “Safi-ad-Din Ardabili”) + ـَوـ (-aw-, interfix) + ـِيّ (-iyy, “-i, -y”, suffix forming adjectives and relational nouns).
Words from the same roots
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.