Etymology

Sufi

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Today it means: A mystic Muslim; a Muslim ascetic; a practitioner of Sufism. Full definition →

Ottoman Turkish صوفی ← Arabic صُوفِيّ
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  1. Arabic · derived fromصُوفِيّ“man of wool”
  2. Ottoman Turkish · borrowed fromصوفی
  3. English todaySufi

From Ottoman Turkish صوفی (sufi), from Arabic صُوفِيّ (ṣūfiyy, “man of wool”).

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