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So⋅phy

  [soh-fee, sof-ee]
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–noun, plural -phies. (sometimes lowercase)
any of the Safavid rulers of Persia: used as a title.
Also, Sophi.

Origin:
1530–40; prob. < Turk sofi < Pers ṣūfī sufi, by assoc. with Safawī the safavid dynasty

-sophy

 
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:
< Gk -sophia, comb. form of sophía skill, wisdom; see -y 3
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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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