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Serbo-Croatian
Etymology
Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish درویش (derviş) (Turkish derviş), from Persian درویش (darviš).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /děrʋiːʃ/
- Hyphenation: der‧viš
Noun
dèrvīš m (Cyrillic spelling дѐрвӣш)
- Dervish
Declension
References
- “derviš” in Hrvatski jezični portal
Slovak
Etymology
Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish درویش (derviş) (Turkish derviş), from Persian درویش (darviš).
Pronunciation
Noun
derviš m anim (genitive singular derviša, nominative plural derviši, genitive plural dervišov, declension pattern of chlap)
- dervish
Declension
Derived terms
Further reading
- “derviš”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2024