"dervish" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

IPA: /ˈdɜːvɪʃ/ [UK] Forms: dervishes [plural]
Etymology: From Ottoman Turkish درویش (derviş), from Persian درویش (darvêš, “poor; Sufi mystic”), from Middle Persian dlgwš (driyōš, “poor, needy”). Etymology templates: {{der|en|ota|درویش|tr=derviş}} Ottoman Turkish درویش (derviş), {{der|en|fa|درویش|t=poor; Sufi mystic|tr=darvêš}} Persian درویش (darvêš, “poor; Sufi mystic”), {{der|en|pal|dlgwš|t=poor, needy|tr=driyōš}} Middle Persian dlgwš (driyōš, “poor, needy”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} dervish (plural dervishes)
  1. (Islam) An itinerant Sufi mystic practicing voluntary poverty in devotion to God, and often engaging in ecstatic rituals.
    (historical) A citizen or inhabitant of Darawiish (circa 1895–1920 C.E.), an anti-colonial polity in modern Somalia headed by Sufis.
    Tags: historical Categories (topical): Islam, People, Sufism Synonyms: fakir
    Sense id: en-dervish-en-noun-OV8-xR1r Disambiguation of People: 33 33 33 Disambiguation of Sufism: 33 33 33 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 33 33 33 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 33 33 33 Topics: Islam, lifestyle, religion
  2. (Islam) An itinerant Sufi mystic practicing voluntary poverty in devotion to God, and often engaging in ecstatic rituals.
    (historical) One of the followers of Muhammad Ahmad, the Mahdi of the Sudan, in the 1880s.
    Tags: historical Categories (topical): Islam, People, Sufism Synonyms: fakir
    Sense id: en-dervish-en-noun-tlyDy8dX Disambiguation of People: 33 33 33 Disambiguation of Sufism: 33 33 33 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 33 33 33 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 33 33 33 Topics: Islam, lifestyle, religion
  3. (Islam) An itinerant Sufi mystic practicing voluntary poverty in devotion to God, and often engaging in ecstatic rituals.
    (by extension) Any irregular guerrilla fighter resembling the Sudanese Mahdi in equipment, uniform, tactics, etc.
    Tags: broadly Categories (topical): Islam, People, Sufism Synonyms: fakir
    Sense id: en-dervish-en-noun-BqbCK4VX Disambiguation of People: 33 33 33 Disambiguation of Sufism: 33 33 33 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 33 33 33 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 33 33 33 Topics: Islam, lifestyle, religion
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: darwaysh, darwesh, dervice, dervis, dervise [archaic] Derived forms: Whirling Dervish Translations (Sufi ascetic): دَرْوِيش (darwīš) [masculine] (Arabic), درويش (darwīš) [Egyptian-Arabic, masculine] (Arabic), դերվիշ (derviš) (Armenian), dərviş (Azerbaijani), дэ́рвіш (dérviš) [masculine] (Belarusian), দরবেশ (dorbeś) (Bengali), де́рвиш (dérviš) [masculine] (Bulgarian), dervix [feminine, masculine] (Catalan), دەروێش (derwêş) (Central Kurdish), 德爾維希 (Chinese Mandarin), 德尔维希 (dé'ěrwéixī) (Chinese Mandarin), 托钵僧 (tuōbōsēng) (Chinese Mandarin), derviš [masculine] (Czech), derwisj [masculine] (Dutch), derviŝo (Esperanto), derviš (Estonian), dervissi (Finnish), derviche [masculine] (French), დერვიში (derviši) (Georgian), Derwisch [masculine] (German), Derwischin [feminine] (German), δερβίσης (dervísis) [masculine] (Greek), ντερβίσης (ntervísis) [masculine] (Greek), דרוויש [masculine] (Hebrew), दरवेश (darveś) [masculine] (Hindi), dervis (Hungarian), darwis (Indonesian), derviscio [masculine] (Italian), ダルヴィーシュ (daruvīshu) (Japanese), деревиш (dereviş) (Kazakh), дербиш (derbiş) (Kyrgyz), дарвиш (darviş) (Kyrgyz), дервиш (derviš) [masculine] (Macedonian), jervish (Manx), dewrêş (Northern Kurdish), derwêş (Northern Kurdish), دروېش (darweš) [masculine] (Pashto), درویش (darviš) (Persian), derwisz [masculine] (Polish), dervixe [masculine] (Portuguese), derviș [masculine] (Romanian), де́рвиш (dérviš) [masculine] (Russian), дервиш [Cyrillic, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), derviš [Roman, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), derviš [masculine] (Slovak), derviš [masculine] (Slovene), derviche [masculine] (Spanish), dervisch [common-gender] (Swedish), дарвеш (darveš) (Tajik), derviş (Turkish), де́рвіш (dérviš) [masculine] (Ukrainian), درویش (darveś) [masculine] (Urdu), darvesh (Uzbek), därvid [feminine, masculine] (Volapük), hidärvid [masculine] (Volapük), jidärvid [feminine] (Volapük)
Disambiguation of 'Sufi ascetic': 33 33 33

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      "word": "ダルヴィーシュ"
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      "sense": "Sufi ascetic",
      "word": "դերվիշ"
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      "sense": "Sufi ascetic",
      "word": "dərviş"
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      "sense": "Sufi ascetic",
      "tags": [
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      "sense": "Sufi ascetic",
      "word": "দরবেশ"
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      "tags": [
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      "word": "де́рвиш"
    },
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      "sense": "Sufi ascetic",
      "tags": [
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        "masculine"
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      "word": "dervix"
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      "code": "cmn",
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      "sense": "Sufi ascetic",
      "word": "德爾維希"
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      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
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      "sense": "Sufi ascetic",
      "word": "德尔维希"
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      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "tuōbōsēng",
      "sense": "Sufi ascetic",
      "word": "托钵僧"
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      "sense": "Sufi ascetic",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "derviš"
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      "sense": "Sufi ascetic",
      "tags": [
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      "sense": "Sufi ascetic",
      "word": "derviŝo"
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      "sense": "Sufi ascetic",
      "word": "derviš"
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      "sense": "Sufi ascetic",
      "word": "dervissi"
    },
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      "tags": [
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      "word": "derviche"
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      "code": "ka",
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      "roman": "derviši",
      "sense": "Sufi ascetic",
      "word": "დერვიში"
    },
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      "sense": "Sufi ascetic",
      "tags": [
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      ],
      "word": "Derwisch"
    },
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      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "Sufi ascetic",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "Derwischin"
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      "code": "el",
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      "sense": "Sufi ascetic",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "δερβίσης"
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      "sense": "Sufi ascetic",
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      "word": "ντερβίσης"
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      "code": "he",
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      "tags": [
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      "word": "דרוויש"
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      "code": "hi",
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      "sense": "Sufi ascetic",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "दरवेश"
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      "word": "dervis"
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      "code": "id",
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      "sense": "Sufi ascetic",
      "word": "darwis"
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      "code": "it",
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      "sense": "Sufi ascetic",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "derviscio"
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      "code": "ja",
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      "roman": "daruvīshu",
      "sense": "Sufi ascetic",
      "word": "ダルヴィーシュ"
    },
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      "code": "kk",
      "lang": "Kazakh",
      "roman": "dereviş",
      "sense": "Sufi ascetic",
      "word": "деревиш"
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      "roman": "derwêş",
      "sense": "Sufi ascetic",
      "word": "دەروێش"
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      "code": "kmr",
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      "sense": "Sufi ascetic",
      "word": "dewrêş"
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      "sense": "Sufi ascetic",
      "word": "derwêş"
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      "word": "дербиш"
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      "code": "ky",
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      "word": "дарвиш"
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      "word": "дервиш"
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      "sense": "Sufi ascetic",
      "word": "jervish"
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      "roman": "darweš",
      "sense": "Sufi ascetic",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "دروېش"
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      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "darviš",
      "sense": "Sufi ascetic",
      "word": "درویش"
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      "sense": "Sufi ascetic",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "derwisz"
    },
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      "sense": "Sufi ascetic",
      "tags": [
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      ],
      "word": "dervixe"
    },
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      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "Sufi ascetic",
      "tags": [
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      ],
      "word": "derviș"
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      "roman": "dérviš",
      "sense": "Sufi ascetic",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "де́рвиш"
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      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "Sufi ascetic",
      "tags": [
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        "masculine"
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      "word": "дервиш"
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      "code": "sh",
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      "sense": "Sufi ascetic",
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      "word": "derviš"
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    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "Sufi ascetic",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "derviche"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "Sufi ascetic",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "dervisch"
    },
    {
      "code": "tg",
      "lang": "Tajik",
      "roman": "darveš",
      "sense": "Sufi ascetic",
      "word": "дарвеш"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "Sufi ascetic",
      "word": "derviş"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "dérviš",
      "sense": "Sufi ascetic",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "де́рвіш"
    },
    {
      "code": "ur",
      "lang": "Urdu",
      "roman": "darveś",
      "sense": "Sufi ascetic",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "درویش"
    },
    {
      "code": "uz",
      "lang": "Uzbek",
      "sense": "Sufi ascetic",
      "word": "darvesh"
    },
    {
      "code": "vo",
      "lang": "Volapük",
      "sense": "Sufi ascetic",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "därvid"
    },
    {
      "code": "vo",
      "lang": "Volapük",
      "sense": "Sufi ascetic",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "hidärvid"
    },
    {
      "code": "vo",
      "lang": "Volapük",
      "sense": "Sufi ascetic",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "jidärvid"
    }
  ],
  "word": "dervish"
}

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