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sophta

sophta is the archaic form of softa.

Meaning of softa

Noun

softa (plural softas)

  1. A religious student, especially in Turkey
    • The softas, concerning whose exploits we have heard so much of late, are the theological students who wish to become ulemas, or, literally, learned men.1896, Eliakim Littell, Robert S. Littell, Living Age, volume 208, page 330
  2. (broadly) A fanatic adherent, blind follower

Forms of sophta

pluralsophtas

Questions about sophta

What is sophta the archaic form of?
Sophta is the archaic form of softa.

Words near sophta in the dictionary

  1. sophronized
  2. sophronizes
  3. sophronizing
  4. sophrosyne
  5. sophs
  6. sophta
  7. sophtas
  8. sophumer
  9. Sophus
  10. sophy
  11. sopi

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Adapted from Wiktionary: sophta (page history and authors); softa (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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