English Explanatory Dictionary

Dervish

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A member of a Sufi Muslim ascetic fraternity of mendicant friars.
  2. A citizen or inhabitant of Darawiish (circa 1895–1920 C.E.), the Dhulbahante anti-colonial polity geographically corresponding with Khaatumo.
noun
  1. An itinerant Sufi mystic practicing voluntary poverty in devotion to God, and often engaging in ecstatic rituals.
  2. A citizen or inhabitant of Darawiish (circa 1895–1920 C.E.), an anti-colonial polity in modern Somalia headed by Sufis.
  3. One of the followers of Muhammad Ahmad, the Mahdi of the Sudan, in the 1880s.
  4. Any irregular guerrilla fighter resembling the Sudanese Mahdi in equipment, uniform, tactics, etc.

Pronunciation

/ˈdɜː(ɹ)vɪʃ/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Dervish.wav /ˈdɜːvɪʃ/

Word forms

Dervish Dervishes darwaysh darwesh dervice dervis dervise

Etymology

From Turkish derviş, from Persian درویش (darviš).

Synonyms

fakir

Derived words

Whirling Dervish dervishhood dervishism dervishlike

Translations

Arabic: دَرْوِيش Arabic: درويش Armenian: դերվիշ Azerbaijani: dərviş Belarusian: дэ́рвіш Bengali: দরবেশ Bulgarian: де́рвиш Catalan: dervix Chinese Mandarin: 德爾維希 /德尔维希 Chinese Mandarin: 托钵僧 Czech: derviš Danish: dervish Dutch: derwisj Esperanto: derviŝo Estonian: derviš Finnish: dervissi French: derviche Georgian: დერვიში German: Derwisch German: Derwischin Greek: δερβίσης Greek: ντερβίσης Hebrew: דרוויש Hindi: दरवेश Hungarian: dervis Indonesian: darwis Italian: derviscio Japanese: ダルヴィーシュ Kazakh: деревиш Central Kurdish: دەروێش Northern Kurdish: dewrêş Northern Kurdish: derwêş Kyrgyz: дербиш Kyrgyz: дарвиш Macedonian: дервиш Manx: jervish Pashto: دروېش Persian: درویش Polish: derwisz Portuguese: dervixe Romanian: derviș Russian: де́рвиш Serbo-Croatian: дервиш Serbo-Croatian: derviš Slovak: derviš Slovene: derviš Spanish: derviche
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