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English → English (gcide) Definition: sophta 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]