dervish
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Topics: Islam
lifestyle
religion
Etymology: From Ottoman Turkish درویش (derviş), from Persian درویش (darvêš, “poor; Sufi mystic”), from Middle Persian dlgwš (driyōš, “poor, needy”), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *drigu-, cognate with Sanskrit ध्रिगु (dhrigu, “needy”) and Avestan 𐬛𐬭𐬌𐬔𐬎 (driguš).
Inflected forms:
form: dervishes
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: darwaysh
pos: noun
tags: alternative
archaic
form: darwesh
pos: noun
tags: alternative
archaic
form: dervice
pos: noun
tags: alternative
archaic
form: dervis
pos: noun
tags: alternative
archaic
form: dervise
pos: noun
tags: alternative
archaic
Senses:
gloss: An itinerant Sufi mystic practicing voluntary poverty in devotion to God, and often engaging in ecstatic rituals.
pos: noun
tags: historical
gloss: An itinerant Sufi mystic practicing voluntary poverty in devotion to God, and often engaging in ecstatic rituals.
pos: noun
tags: historical
gloss: An itinerant Sufi mystic practicing voluntary poverty in devotion to God, and often engaging in ecstatic rituals.
pos: noun
tags: broadly
examples: The Hejaz war, meanwhile, would be one of dervishes against regular troops.
Derived words: dervishhood
dervishism
dervishlike
Whirling Dervish
Translations:
lang: Arabic
word: دَرْوِيش
roman: darwīš
lang: Arabic
word: درويش
roman: darwīš
lang: Armenian
word: դերվիշ
roman: derviš
lang: Azerbaijani
word: dərviş
lang: Belarusian
word: дэ́рвіш
roman: dérviš
lang: Bengali
word: দরবেশ
roman: dorbeś
lang: Bulgarian
word: де́рвиш
roman: dérviš
lang: Catalan
word: dervix
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 德爾維希 /德尔维希
roman: dé'ěrwéixī
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 托钵僧
roman: tuōbōsēng
lang: Czech
word: derviš
lang: Danish
word: dervish
lang: Dutch
word: derwisj
lang: Esperanto
word: derviŝo
lang: Estonian
word: derviš
lang: Finnish
word: dervissi
lang: French
word: derviche
lang: Georgian
word: დერვიში
roman: derviši
lang: German
word: Derwisch
lang: German
word: Derwischin
lang: Greek
word: δερβίσης
roman: dervísis
lang: Greek
word: ντερβίσης
roman: ntervísis
lang: Hebrew
word: דרוויש
lang: Hindi
word: दरवेश
roman: darveś
lang: Hungarian
word: dervis
lang: Indonesian
word: darwis
lang: Italian
word: derviscio
lang: Japanese
word: ダルヴィーシュ
roman: daruvīshu
lang: Kazakh
word: деревиш
roman: dereviş
lang: Central Kurdish
word: دەروێش
roman: derwêş
lang: Northern Kurdish
word: dewrêş
lang: Northern Kurdish
word: derwêş
lang: Kyrgyz
word: дербиш
roman: derbiş
lang: Kyrgyz
word: дарвиш
roman: darviş
lang: Macedonian
word: дервиш
roman: derviš
lang: Manx
word: jervish
lang: Pashto
word: دروېش
roman: darweš
lang: Persian
word: درویش
roman: darviš
lang: Polish
word: derwisz
lang: Portuguese
word: dervixe
lang: Romanian
word: derviș
lang: Russian
word: де́рвиш
roman: dérviš
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: дервиш
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: derviš
lang: Slovak
word: derviš
lang: Slovene
word: derviš
lang: Spanish
word: derviche
lang: Swedish
word: dervisch
lang: Tajik
word: дарвеш
roman: darveš
lang: Turkish
word: derviş
lang: Ottoman Turkish
word: درویش
roman: derviş
lang: Ottoman Turkish
word: دده
roman: dede
lang: Ukrainian
word: де́рвіш
roman: dérviš
lang: Urdu
word: درویش
roman: darveś
lang: Uzbek
word: darvesh
lang: Volapük
word: därvid
lang: Volapük
word: hidärvid
lang: Volapük
word: jidärvid