'Sophta' definitions:
Definition of 'sophta'
From: GCIDE
- Softa \Sof"ta\, n. [Corruption of Per. s[=o]khtah 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.] [1913 Webster]