Softa

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [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]