what does this word mean in english?

Question

i'm doing my spanish homeowork, and this word I cant find what this word means anywhere. the word is "sufi" thanks so much!

here is the passage it's from...

"El maestro sufi contaba siempre una parábola al finalizar cada clase, pero los alumnos no siempre entendían su sentido..."

Answer 1

well, sufi is not a spanish word...are you sure that's what it says? can you type the whole phrase so we can see the context?

ok...I was wrong...it is in the dictionary! Sufi is also a Muslim who represents the mystical dimension of Islam, a Muslim who seeks direct experience of Allah, mainly in Iran...could that be the meaning? I found it in the dictionary of the Real Academia as "sufí: partidario del sufismo (Doctrina mística que profesan ciertos mahometanos, principalmente en Persia)"

Answer 2

Are you sure that's the right word? I'm born and raised, and still living in a Hispanic country, and never heard that word in Spanish, Can be "sufrir'" If so "sufrir" means suffer, to suffer, suffering.

Sufi is a person that belongs to a tribe name like that and is the same in English and Spanish.

Answer 3

I don't think its a spanish word. I am hispanic also living in a hispanic community and I believe that "sufi" might possibly be the professors name. "Professor Sufi".

Answer 4

a sufí is someone who believes in sufism

sufism -- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sufism

I don't think it's a name for this reason: The sentence says that what the professor talked about at the end of every class was a "parábola" which is like a life-lesson kind of story which is along the lines of what sufists believe in. Also, the sentence says that the students didn't always understand the meaning of the professor's story. If someone told you about the beliefs of Sufism, and the teachings of it, most people would be lost and confused; much like the students the sentence talks about

Answer 5

It's Sufi with a capital "s". It's a philosophy within the Moslem faith. http://www.chowk.com/show_article.cgi?aid=00000772&channel=university%20ave. The Sufi master was teaching his disciples.

Answer 6

sufi??
i never heard of tht
i should know
im in a spanish speaking family
write the who sentence o give us a better idea

Answer 7

its a name in that case, the whole segment u gave reads:
"The teacher sufi was always counting a parable on having finished every class, but the pupils not always understood his sense."

Answer 8

Never even heard of that word either. Maybe it's short for suficiente meaning enough.

Answer 9

ive never heard that before maybe its a name