Su|fi

Su|fi «SOO fee», noun.

1. a sect of Muslim mystics and ascetics, especially in Persia, that originated rly in the history of Islam. The monastic and ascetic dervishes and fakirs derive from this sect.

2. an adherent of this sect.

╂[< Arabic ūfi (literally) man of wool < ūf wool (probably because of their ascetic garments)]