Where does “сопылық” come from?
сопылық (Kazakh) comes from Kazakh сопы, from Arabic صُوفِيّ, from Arabic صوف — wool.
сопылық (Kazakh): ascetic
Definitions
- ascetic
Ancestry of “сопылық”, step by step
сопылық traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Kazakh сопы
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kazakh | сопы | Sufi, Sufist |
| 2 | Arabic | صُوفِيّ | a Muslim mystic or ascetic; man of wool; Sufi |
| 3 | Arabic | صوف | wool |
via Kazakh лық
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kazakh | лық | — |