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Sufi

noun

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    of or relating to the Sufis or to Sufism wordnet
Noun
  1. 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. 2
    a Muslim who represents the mystical dimension of Islam; a Muslim who seeks direct experience of Allah; mainly in Iran wordnet

Etymology

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

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