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noun
A mystic Muslim; a Muslim ascetic; a practitioner of Sufism.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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adjective
of or relating to the Sufis or to Sufism
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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noun
a Muslim who represents the mystical dimension of Islam; a Muslim who seeks direct experience of Allah; mainly in Iran
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: Muslim, Moslem
History
From Ottoman Turkish صوفی (sufi), from Arabic صُوفِيّ (ṣūfiyy, “man of wool”).
Across languages
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