English
Sufi
Sufi comes from Arabic صُوفِيّ ‘man of wool’.
- Arabicc. 500–presentصُوفِيّṣūfiyy‘man of wool’
- Ottoman Turkishc. 1300–1928صوفیsufi
- Englishearliest quotation 1769Sufi
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Earlier history not traced here.
Lineage
- Arabicc. 500–presentصُوفِيّṣūfiyy‘man of wool’
- Ottoman Turkishc. 1300–1928صوفیsufi
- Englishearliest quotation 1769Sufi
Earliest quotation: 1769, Firishta, Tales translated from the Persian of Inatulla of Delhi: “Some admired the external beauties of the objects they…”
Every English word from Arabic صُوفِيّ
Today it means
noun A mystic Muslim; a Muslim ascetic; a practitioner of Sufism.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Arabic صُوفِيّ / Sufi