[Fictionary] There is a Winner!

[Ziv Stern]

> I looked it up afterward; it's from Turkish. The Turkish Wiktionary says
> it's
> from an Arabic root, but doesn't say what the Arabic word is. I suspect
> it's
> from an Arabic cognate of Hebrew שופט and said so with my vote.
>
> Ahh, I like this theory! Merriam-Webster
<https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/softa> says "from Persian
*sōkhtah* burnt, kindled (with love of knowledge)", but I'm doubtful... [x]
borrowed as [f]??
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