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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
Descendants
Further reading
Persian
Etymology
From earlier دریوش (daryuš, daryôš), from درغوش (darğuš, darğôš), from Middle Persian (dlgwš /driyōš/).
Pronunciation
Dari
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دَرویش
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Iranian Persian
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Tajik
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дарвеш
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Readings
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Classical reading?
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darwēš
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Dari reading?
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darwēš
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Iranian reading?
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darviš
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Tajik reading?
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darveš
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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 خرسندی- dar în bâzâr agar sûdêst bâ darvêš-i xursand ast
xudâyâ mun'imam gardân ba darvêšî u xursandî - If 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
Descendants
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