Definify.com
Webster 1913 Edition
Softa
Sof′ta
,Noun.
[Corruption of Per.
sōkhtah
one who burns, is ardent or zealous.] Any one attached to a Mohammedan mosque, esp. a student of the higher branches of theology in a mosque school.
[Written also
sophta
.] Definition 2024
softa
softa
English
Noun
softa (plural softas)
- (Islam) A religious student, especially in Turkey
- 1896: 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. — Eliakim Littell and Robert S. Littell (1896), Living Age, volume 208, p. 330.
- (by extension) A fanatic adherent, blind follower
Translations
Finnish
Etymology 1
Noun
softa
Etymology 2
From Turkish softa (“theology student”).
Noun
softa
Declension
| Inflection of softa (Kotus type 10/koira, no gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | softa | softat | |
| genitive | softan | softien | |
| partitive | softaa | softia | |
| illative | softaan | softiin | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | softa | softat | |
| accusative | nom. | softa | softat |
| gen. | softan | ||
| genitive | softan | softien softainrare |
|
| partitive | softaa | softia | |
| inessive | softassa | softissa | |
| elative | softasta | softista | |
| illative | softaan | softiin | |
| adessive | softalla | softilla | |
| ablative | softalta | softilta | |
| allative | softalle | softille | |
| essive | softana | softina | |
| translative | softaksi | softiksi | |
| instructive | — | softin | |
| abessive | softatta | softitta | |
| comitative | — | softineen | |