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Dervish

Dervish

See also: dervish

English

Noun

Dervish ‎(plural Dervishes)

A member of a Sufi Muslim ascetic fraternity of mendicant friars.

Translations

a Sufi Muslim ascetic fraternity

Arabic: دَرْوِيش m ‎(darwīš)
Armenian: դերվիշ (hy) ‎(derviš)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 伊斯蘭教苦行僧, 伊斯兰教苦行僧 ‎(Yīsīlánjiào kǔxíngsēng)
Dutch: derwisj m
Finnish: dervissi (fi)
French: derviche (fr) m
German: Derwisch (de) m, Derwischin f
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 ‎(dāuwīshu)

Korean: 탁발승 (ko) ‎(takbalseung)
Kumyk: дербиш ‎(derbiş)
Macedonian: дервиш m ‎(dérviš)
Persian: درویش (fa) ‎(darviš)
Polish: derwisz (pl) m
Portuguese: dervixe (pt) m, daroês
Russian: де́рвиш (ru) m ‎(dérviš)
Serbo-Croatian:

Cyrillic: дервиш m

Roman: derviš (sh) m
Slovak: derviš m
Spanish: derviche
Swedish: dervisch (sv)
Turkish: derviş (tr)
Urdu: درویش m ‎(darveś)
Volapük: (♂♀) därvid (vo), (♂) hidärvid, (♀) jidärvid

Derived terms

Whirling Dervishes

dervish

dervish

See also: Dervish

English

Alternative forms

darwaysh (archaic)
darwesh (archaic)
dervise (archaic)

Noun

dervish ‎(plural dervishes)

A member of the Dervish fraternity of Sufism, known for spinning.
(historical) One of the fanatical followers of the Mahdi, in the Sudan, in the 1880s.

Derived terms

whirling dervish

Translations

a member of Dervish fraternity of Sufism

Arabic: دَرْوِيش m ‎(darwīš)
Armenian: դերվիշ (hy) ‎(derviš)
Azeri: dərviş
Belarusian: дэ́рвіш m ‎(dérviš)
Bulgarian: де́рвиш m ‎(dérviš)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 德爾維希, 德尔维希 ‎(dé'ěrwéixī), 托钵僧 ‎(tuōbōsēng)
Czech: derviš m
Dutch: derwisj m
Esperanto: derviŝo
Estonian: derviš
Finnish: dervissi (fi)
French: derviche (fr) m
Georgian: დერვიში ‎(derviši)
German: Derwisch (de) m, Derwischin f
Greek: δερβίσης (el) m ‎(dervísis), ντερβίσης (el) m ‎(dervísis)
Hebrew: דרוויש m
Hungarian: dervis (hu)
Indonesian: darwis (id)
Italian: derviscio (it) m
Japanese: ダルヴィーシュ ‎(daruvīshu)

Kurdish: dewrêş (ku)
Macedonian: дервиш m ‎(derviš)
Manx: jervish
Persian: درویش (fa) ‎(darviš)
Polish: derwisz (pl) m
Portuguese: dervixe (pt) m
Romanian: derviș (ro) m
Russian: де́рвиш (ru) m ‎(dérviš)
Serbo-Croatian:

Cyrillic: дервиш m

Roman: derviš (sh) m
Slovak: derviš m
Slovene: derviš m
Spanish: derviche m
Swedish: dervisch (sv) c
Tajik: дарвеш ‎(darveš)
Turkish: derviş (tr)
Ukrainian: де́рвіш (uk) m ‎(dérviš)
Uzbek: darvish (uz)
Volapük: (♂♀) därvid (vo), (♂) hidärvid, (♀) jidärvid