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Su⋅fi

  [soo-fee] noun, plural -fis.
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1. a member of an ascetic, mystical Muslim sect.
–adjective
2. of or pertaining to Sufis or Sufism.
Origin:
< Ar Ṣūfī, perh. equiv. to ṣūf wool + -ī suffix of appurtenance; so called from their garb
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Su·fi   (sōō'fē)   
n.   pl. Su·fis
A Muslim mystic.
adj.  Of or relating to the Sufis.

[Arabic ṣūfī, (man) of wool, Sufi, from ṣūf, wool (probably from their woolen garments), perhaps from Aramaic ṣippā, ṣuppā, carded wool; see ṣpp in Semitic roots.]
Su'fic (-fĭk), Su·fis'tic (-fĭs'tĭk) adj.
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Sufi

Su"fi\, n. [From the name of a dynasty of Persian kings, Saf[=i], Safav[=i]; said to come from name Saf[=i]-ud-d[=i]n of an ancestor of the family, confused with s?f[=i] pious.] A title or surname of the king of Persia.

Sufi

Su"fi\, n. [Ar. & Per. s?f[=i], wise, pious, devout.] One of a certain order of religious men in Persia. [Written also sofi.]
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Sufi 
member of a Muslim mystical order, 1653 (earlier Sufian, 1585), from Arabic sufi, lit. "man of wool" (i.e., "man wearing woolen garments"), from suf "wool." So-called from the habit of "putting on the holy garment" (labs-as-suf) to devote oneself to mysticism.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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