Sufi
noun
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 A mystic Muslim; a Muslim ascetic; a practitioner of Sufism.
"Some admired the external beauties of the objects they beheld, like the nightingale in love with the roſe; ſome inchanted by the concert around, like Suphys delighting in madneſs, toſſed the cup of exultation into the ſkies[.] [Footnote] Suphys are a sect of mad philoſophers."
- 2 a Muslim who represents the mystical dimension of Islam; a Muslim who seeks direct experience of Allah; mainly in Iran wordnet
Adjective
- 1 of or relating to the Sufis or to Sufism wordnet
Example
More examples"Vair, who was to be revered as a Sufi saint, was noticed in a bazaar because of his deferential bearing by a stranger, who, taking him for a slave, approached and asked, "Are you looking for your master?""
Etymology
From Ottoman Turkish صوفی (sufi), from Arabic صُوفِيّ (ṣūfiyy, “man of wool”).