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saffi

saffi is the alternative form of saphie.

Meaning of saphie

Noun

saphie (plural saphies)

  1. A West African talisman or charm.
    • These saphies were the repositories of fetishes, charms against calamity: a pickled ring finger was considered proof against the bite of the puff adder […]1982, TC Boyle, Water Music, Penguin, published 2006, page 12

Forms of saffi

pluralsaffis

Questions about saffi

What is saffi the alternative form of?
Saffi is the alternative form of saphie.

Words near saffi in the dictionary

  1. Saffell
  2. Saffells
  3. Saffer
  4. saffern
  5. Saffers
  6. saffi
  7. saffian
  8. saffians
  9. Saffie
  10. Saffir
  11. Saffir-Simpson scale

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Adapted from Wiktionary: saffi (page history and authors); saphie (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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