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名詞

Sofi (複数形 Sofis)

2. Archaic spelling of Sufi.
   • 1828, Frederic Shoberl, Persia, page 95:

     The devout Mahometans charge the Sofis with atheism; while the latter not only deny the accusation, but pretend to hold intercourse with God: they assemble at night, and perform the exercises of turning round, jumping and shouting, till they drop down from weakness and exhaustion.

4. Archaic spelling of Safawi
   • 1902, Bury, John Bagnell, “The Ottoman conquest”, in Adolphus W. Ward, George W. Prothero, Stanley M. Leathes, editors, The Cambridge Modern History, volume 1, New York [u.a.]: Macmillan, →OCLC, page 88:

     He called himself a Safavi, from Safi, an ancestor illustrious for piety; and hence to contemporary Europe he was known as the Sofi.