nounArchaic form of Safawi (“a member of the Safavid dynasty”).
Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventoryA corruption of Arabic صَفَوِيّ (ṣafawiyy), the nisba indicating the dynasty's descent from Safi ad-Din al-Ardabili.
Cognate with Middle French Sophi, New Latin Sophi, Sophus, Italian sofì, Spanish sofí.
Not related to Sufi.
Spellings possibly influenced by the name Sophia.
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