Sophy
English
Etymology 1
Ultimately from Ancient Greek; see Sophia.
Proper noun
Sophy
- A diminutive of the female given name Sophia.
- 1749, Henry Fielding, Tom Jones
- I knew Sophy was a good girl, and would not fall in love to make me angry.
- 1749, Henry Fielding, Tom Jones
Etymology 2
Spelling variation of Sofi, cognate to Italian sofì, Spanish sofí. a. 1535, from Ottoman Turkish صفی (sofi),[1] from Persian صفی (ṣafī, “pure, clear, bright; just, upright, sincere”),[1][2] صفوی (ṣafawī, “a royal surname implying a descendant or successor of Ṣafī”),[3] from Ismail Safavi,[1][3][2] the founder of the dynasty, from Arabic epithet صَافِي الدِين (ṣāfī d-dīn, literally “pure of religion”),[1][2] ultimately from Arabic صَافٍ (ṣāfin, “pure”).[1] Not related to Sufi.[2][4]
Pronunciation
- (US) IPA(key): /soʊˈfi/
References
- "Sophy", in Garland Cannon, Alan S, Kaye, eds., The Persian contributions to the English language : an historical dictionary, Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz, 2001, p. 137. →ISBN.
- Walter W. Skeat, editor (1910), “Sophy”, in An Etymological Dictionary of the English Language, new edition, Oxford: The Clarendon Press, OCLC 582746570, page 582.
- Charles A. M. Fennell, editor (1892), “sophy”, in The Stanford Dictionary of Anglicised Words and Phrases, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, OCLC 670193402, page 734.
- Roger Savory (1980) Iran under the Safavids, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, published 2007, →ISBN, page 259: “The Safavid shahs were commonly termed by Western writers "Sophie", "Sophy", "Sophi" or "Soffi". All these terms were probably corruptions of Ṣafī, the name of the founder of the Safavid Order, rather than of Ṣūfī, as the Safavid supporters called themselves.”
- "sophi", in The Century Dictionary, New York: The Century, 1914, v. 9, p. 5772.
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