Dervish

See also: dervish

English

Etymology

From Turkish derviş, from Persian (darviš).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈdɜː(ɹ)vɪʃ/

Noun

Dervish (plural Dervishes)

A member of a Sufi Muslim ascetic fraternity of mendicant friars.
(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) (dorbeś)
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

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