Sophy

noun, plural So·phies. ( sometimes lowercase )

any of the Safavid rulers of Persia: used as a title.

Origin:
1530–40; probably < Turkish sofi < Persian ṣūfī sufi, by association with Safawī the safavid dynasty

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a combining form occurring in loanwords from Greek (philosophy; theosophy ); on this model used, with the meaning “science of,” in the formation of compound words: anthroposophy.

Origin:
< Greek -sophia, combining form of sophía skill, wisdom; see -y³

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Sophy or Sophi (ˈsəʊfɪ)

—n , pl -phies
	(formerly) a title of the Persian monarchs

[C16: from Latin sophī wise men, from Greek sophos wise]

Sophi or Sophi

—n

[C16: from Latin sophī wise men, from Greek sophos wise]

-sophy

—*n combining form*
	indicating knowledge or an intellectual system: philosophy; theosophy

[from Greek -sophia, from sophia wisdom, from sophos wise]

-sophic

—*adj combining form*

-sophical

—*adj combining form*

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-sophy

suffix meaning "knowledge," from O.Fr. -sophie, from L. -sophia, from Gk. -sophia, from sophia "skill, wisdom, knowledge," of unknown origin.

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