Sophy
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English
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]Ultimately from Ancient Greek; see Sophia.
Proper noun
[edit]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.
Etymology 2
[edit]A corruption of Arabic صَفَوِيّ (ṣafawiyy),[1] the nisba indicating the dynasty's descent from Safi ad-Din al-Ardabili.[2][1][3] Cognate with Italian sofì, Spanish sofí. Not related to Sufi.[3][4]
Alternative forms
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]- (Received Pronunciation) enPR: sōʹfē, IPA(key): /ˈsəʊfi/
Noun
[edit]Sophy (plural Sophies)
- Archaic form of Safawi (“a member of the Safavid dynasty[5]”). [16th c.]
- For more quotations using this term, see Citations:Sophy.
References
[edit]- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Charles A. M. Fennell, editor (1892), “sophy”, in The Stanford Dictionary of Anglicised Words and Phrases, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →OCLC, page 734.
- ^ "Sophy", in Garland Cannon, Alan S, Kaye, eds., The Persian contributions to the English language : an historical dictionary, Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz, 2001, p. 137. →ISBN.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Walter W. Skeat, editor (1910), “Sophy”, in An Etymological Dictionary of the English Language, new edition, Oxford: The Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 582.
- ^ 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.
Anagrams
[edit]Middle French
[edit]Noun
[edit]Sophy m (plural Sophys)
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