# درویش
## Azerbaijani
### Noun

درویش
* Arabic spelling of dərviş

## Khalaj
### Noun

دَرویش (dərvîş) (definite accusative دَرویشی, plural دَرویشلَر)
* Arabic spelling of dərvîş (“dervish”)

#### Declension
## Ottoman Turkish
### Etymology

Borrowed from Persian درویش (darviš).

### Noun

دَرویش • (dervîş) (plural دَرویشلر (dervîşler) or دَراویش (derâvîş))
* a poor man
* a pauper
* a beggar
* a dervish

#### Derived terms

* دَرویشلك (dervîşlik)

#### Descendants

* Turkish: derviş
* → Albanian: dervish
* → Belarusian: дэ́рвіш (dérviš)
* → Bulgarian: дерви́ш (dervíš)
* → Catalan: dervix
* → Czech: derviš
* → Danish: dervish
* → English: dervish
* → Estonian: derviš
* → Finnish: dervissi
* → French: derviche
* → German: Derwisch
** → Dutch: derwisj
* → Greek: δερβίσης (dervísis)
* → Hungarian: dervis
* → Italian: derviscio
* → Lithuanian: dervišas
* → Macedonian: дервиш (derviš)
* → Norwegian: dervisj
* → Polish: derwisz
* → Portuguese: dervixe
* → Romanian: derviș
* → Russian: де́рвиш (dérviš)
* → Serbo-Croatian:
** Cyrillic script: дѐрвӣш
** Latin script: dèrvīš
* → Slovak: derviš
* → Slovene: derviš
* → Spanish: derviche
* → Swedish: dervisch
* → Ukrainian: де́рвіш (dérviš)

### Further reading

* Redhouse, James W. (1890) “درویش”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 898

## Persian
### Alternative forms

* درغوش (darğuš, darğôš), دریوش (daryuš, daryôš), درغویش (darğêš)

### Etymology

From earlier دریوش (daryuš, daryôš), from درغوش (darğuš, darğôš), from Middle Persian [script needed] (dlgwš /⁠driyōš⁠/).

### Pronunciation

| Dari | دَرویش |
| Iranian Persian | دَرویش |
| Tajik | дарвеш |
* (Classical Persian) IPA: [daɾ.ˈweːʃ]
* (Dari, formal) IPA: [d̪äɾ.wéːʃ]
* (Dari, formal) IPA: [d̪äɾ.wéːʃ]
** (Kabuli) IPA: [d̪äɾ.wéːʃ]
** (Hazaragi) IPA: [d̪äɾ.wéːʃ]
* (Iran, formal) IPA: [d̪æɹ.víːʃ]
* (Tajik, formal) IPA: [d̪äɾ.véʃ]

### Adjective

دَرویش • (darvêš) (comparative دَرویش‌تَر (darvêš-tar), superlative دَرویش‌تَرین (darvêš-tarin))
* poor, needy

### Noun

دَرویش • (darvêš) (plural دَرویشان (darvêšân) or دَرویش‌ها (darvêš-hâ) or دَراوِیش (darâviš))
* indigent, poor, especially a worthy one
* a poor, indigent, ascetic, and abstemious person or recluse; Dervish, Sufi
** Hafez
    در این بازار اگر سودیست با درویش خرسند است خدایا منعمم گردان به درویشی و خرسندیdar în bâzâr agar sûdêst bâ darvêš-i xursand ast xudâyâ mun'imam gardân ba darvêšî u xursandîIf there is any merit to be gained in this world, it is that attained by the contented dervish. O Lord, grant me the blessings of holy indigence and contentment

### Derived terms

* دَرویشانه (darvêšâne)
* دَرویشی (darvêši)

### Descendants

* → Arabic: دَرْوِيش (darwīš)
* → Azerbaijani: dərviş
* → Bashkir: дәрүиш (dərwiş)
* → Bengali: দরবেশ (dorbeś)
* → Chagatai: دَرویش
** Uyghur: دەرۋىش (derwish)
** Uzbek: darvesh
* → Gujarati: દરવેશ (darveś)
* → Hindustani:
    Hindi: दरवेश (darveś)
    Urdu: دَرْویش (darveś)
* → Kazakh: дәруіш (däruış)
* → Khalaj: dərvîş
* → Malay: darwis
** Indonesian: darwis
* → Ottoman Turkish: دَرویش (dervîş)
** Turkish: derviş
** → Albanian: dervish
** → Belarusian: дэ́рвіш (dérviš)
** → Bulgarian: дерви́ш (dervíš)
** → Catalan: dervix
** → Czech: derviš
** → Danish: dervish
** → English: dervish
** → Estonian: derviš
** → Finnish: dervissi
** → French: derviche
** → German: Derwisch
*** → Dutch: derwisj
** → Greek: δερβίσης (dervísis)
** → Hungarian: dervis
** → Italian: derviscio
** → Lithuanian: dervišas
** → Macedonian: дервиш (derviš)
** → Norwegian: dervisj
** → Polish: derwisz
** → Portuguese: dervixe
** → Romanian: derviș
** → Russian: де́рвиш (dérviš)
** → Serbo-Croatian:
*** Cyrillic script: дѐрвӣш
*** Latin script: dèrvīš
** → Slovak: derviš
** → Slovene: derviš
** → Spanish: derviche
** → Swedish: dervisch
** → Ukrainian: де́рвіш (dérviš)
* → Punjabi:
** Gurmukhi script: ਦਰਵੇਸ਼ (darveś)
** Shahmukhi script: دَرْویش (darveś)
* → Sindhi: دَرويشُ
* → Tatar: дәрвиш (därwiş)
* → Turkmen: derwüş

### References

* Dehkhoda, Ali-Akbar (1931–) “درویش”, in Dehkhoda Dictionary Institute, editors, Dehkhoda Dictionary (in Persian), Tehran: University of Tehran Press, retrieved درغوش, page دریوش: “درغویش”
* MacKenzie, D. N. (1971) “driyōš”, in A concise Pahlavi dictionary, London, New York, Toronto: Oxford University Press, page 27
* Mansour Shaki, Hamid Algar (December 15, 1994), "DARVĪŠ" in Encyclopaedia Iranica, last updated November 18, 2011

## Urdu
### Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian درویش (darwēš).

### Noun

درویش • (darveś) m (Hindi spelling दरवेश)
* (Islam) Dervish; dervish