Suphy
Suphy is the archaic spelling of Sufi.
Meaning of Sufi
Noun
Sufi (plural Sufis)
- A mystic Muslim; a Muslim ascetic; a practitioner of Sufism.
- Some admired the external beauties of the objects they beheld, like the nightingale in love with the roſe; ſome inchanted by the concert around, like Suphys delighting in madneſs, toſſed the cup of exultation into the ſkies[.]
[Footnote] Suphys are a sect of mad philoſophers.1769, Firishta, translated by Alexander Dow, Tales translated from the Persian of Inatulla of Delhi, volume I, Dublin: P. and W. Wilson et al., page v
- Some admired the external beauties of the objects they beheld, like the nightingale in love with the roſe; ſome inchanted by the concert around, like Suphys delighting in madneſs, toſſed the cup of exultation into the ſkies[.]
Forms of Suphy
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Questions about Suphy
- What is Suphy the archaic spelling of?
- Suphy is the archaic spelling of Sufi.
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