sufism

Japanese: sufism
sufism

…In the West, it is generally called Sufism, but this word is formed by adding "ism" to "Sufi". The Arabic word taṣawwuf, which means mysticism, is also the noun form of a fifth type verb formed from the root ṣūfī, and originally meant "living as a Sufi".

*Some of the terminology explanations that mention "sufism" are listed below.

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Japanese:

…欧米では一般にスーフィズムsufismの名で呼ばれているが,この語はスーフィーṣūfīにイズムismを付してつくられたものである。アラビア語で神秘主義を表すタサッウフtaṣawwufもṣūfīを語根としてつくられた第5型動詞の名詞形で,元来は〈スーフィーとして生きること〉を意味した。…

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