Dervish

Dervish

See also: dervish

English

Etymology

From Turkish derviş, from Persian درویش‎ (darviš).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdɜː(ɹ)vɪʃ/

Noun

Dervish (plural Dervishes)

1. A member of a Sufi Muslim ascetic fraternity of mendicant friars.
2. (historical) A citizen or inhabitant of Darawiish (circa 1895–1920 C.E.), the Dhulbahante anti-colonial polity geographically corresponding with Khaatumo.

Derived terms

• Whirling Dervishes

Translations

a Sufi Muslim ascetic fraternity

Albanian: dervish (sq) m Arabic: دَرْوِيش‎ m (darwīš) Armenian: դերվիշ (hy) (derviš) Azerbaijani: dərviş Bengali: দরবেশ (bn) (dôrôbeś) Catalan: dervix m Chinese: Mandarin: 德爾維希／德尔维希 (dé'ěrwéixī) Dutch: derwisj (nl) m Finnish: dervissi (fi) French: derviche (fr) m Georgian: დერვიში (derviši) German: Derwisch (de) m, Derwischin f Greek: δερβίσης (el) m (dervísis) Hebrew: דרוויש‎ m Hindi: दरवेश (hi) m (darveś) Hungarian: dervis (hu) Ido: dervisho (io) Indonesian: Darwis Italian: derviscio (it) Japanese: ダーウィーシュ (dāwīshu) Kazakh: дәруіш (däruış) Korean: 탁발승 (ko) (takbalseung), 데르비시 (dereubisi) Kumyk: дербиш (derbiş) Kyrgyz: дербиш (ky) (derbiş) Macedonian: дервиш m (derviš) Pashto: دروېش‎ (ps) m (darweš) Persian: درویش‎ (fa) (darviš) Polish: derwisz (pl) m Portuguese: dervixe (pt) m, daroês m Russian: де́рвиш (ru) m (dɛ́rviš) Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: дервиш m Roman: derviš (sh) m Slovak: derviš m Spanish: derviche m Swedish: dervisch (sv) Tajik: дарвеш (darveš) Turkish: derviş (tr) Turkmen: derviş Urdu: درویش‎ m (darveś) Uyghur: دەرۋىش‎ (derwish) Uzbek: darvesh (uz) Volapük: (♂♀) därvid (vo), (♂) hidärvid, (♀) jidärvid

Anagrams

• shrived