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) (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

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