درویش

See also: درويش

Azerbaijani

Noun

درویش

1. Arabic spelling of dərviş

Khalaj

Noun

دَرویش (dərvîş) (definite accusative دَرویشی, plural دَرویشلَر)

1. Arabic spelling of dərvîş (“dervish”)

Declension

Declension of درویش

	singular	plural
nominative	درویش	درویشلَر
genitive	درویشۆݧ	درویشلَریݧ
dative	درویشکه	درویشلَرکه
definite accusative	درویشۆ	درویشلَری
locative	درویشچه	درویشلَرچه
ablative	درویشده	درویشلَرده
instrumental	درویشله	درویشلَرله
equative	درویشوارا	درویشلَروارا

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

Borrowed from Persian درویش (darviš).

Noun

دَرویش • (dervîş) (plural دَرویشلر (dervîşler) or دَراویش (derâvîş))

1. a poor man
2. a pauper
3. a beggar
4. a dervish

Derived terms

• دَرویشلك (dervîşlik)

 

Descendants

• Turkish: derviş
• → Albanian: dervish
• → Belarusian: дэ́рвіш (dérviš)
• → Bulgarian: дерви́ш (dervíš)
• → Catalan: dervix
• → Czech: derviš
• → Danish: dervish
• → English: dervish
• → Estonian: derviš
• → Finnish: dervissi
• → French: derviche
• → German: Derwisch
  • → Dutch: derwisj
• → Greek: δερβίσης (dervísis)
• → Hungarian: dervis
• → Italian: derviscio
• → Lithuanian: dervišas
• → Macedonian: дервиш (derviš)
• → Norwegian: dervisj
• → Polish: derwisz
• → Portuguese: dervixe
• → Romanian: derviș
• → Russian: де́рвиш (dérviš)
• → Serbo-Croatian:
  • Cyrillic script: дѐрвӣш
  • Latin script: dèrvīš
• → Slovak: derviš
• → Slovene: derviš
• → Spanish: derviche
• → Swedish: dervisch
• → Ukrainian: де́рвіш (dérviš)

Further reading

• Redhouse, James W. (1890) “درویش”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎^[1], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 898

Persian

Alternative forms

• درغوش (darğuš, darğôš), دریوش (daryuš, daryôš), درغویش (darğêš)

Etymology

From earlier دریوش (daryuš, daryôš), from درغوش (darğuš, darğôš), from Middle Persian [script needed] (dlgwš /⁠driyōš⁠/).

Pronunciation

Dari	دَرویش
Iranian Persian
Tajik	дарвеш

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [daɾ.ˈweːʃ]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [d̪äɾ.wéːʃ]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [d̪äɾ.wéːʃ]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [d̪äɾ.wéːʃ]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [d̪äɾ.wéːʃ]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [d̪æɹ.víːʃ]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [d̪äɾ.véʃ]

Readings
Classical reading?	darwēš
Dari reading?	darwēš
Iranian reading?	darviš
Tajik reading?	darveš

Adjective

دَرویش • (darvêš) (comparative دَرویش‌تَر (darvêš-tar), superlative دَرویش‌تَرین (darvêš-tarin))

1. poor, needy

Noun

دَرویش • (darvêš) (plural دَرویشان (darvêšân) or دَرویش‌ها (darvêš-hâ) or دَراوِیش (darâviš))

1. indigent, poor, especially a worthy one
2. 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

• دَرویشانه (darvêšâne)
• دَرویشی (darvêši)

 

Descendants

• → Arabic: دَرْوِيش (darwīš)
• → Azerbaijani: dərviş
• → Bashkir: дәрүиш (dərwiş)
• → Bengali: দরবেশ (dorbeś)
• → Chagatai: دَرویش
  • Uyghur: دەرۋىش (derwish)
  • Uzbek: darvesh
• → Gujarati: દરવેશ (darveś)
• → Hindustani:

  Hindi: दरवेश (darveś)

  Urdu: دَرْویش (darveś)

• → Kazakh: дәруіш (däruış)
• → Khalaj: dərvîş
• → Malay: darwis
  • Indonesian: darwis
• → Ottoman Turkish: دَرویش (dervîş)
  • Turkish: derviş
  • → Albanian: dervish
  • → Belarusian: дэ́рвіш (dérviš)
  • → Bulgarian: дерви́ш (dervíš)
  • → Catalan: dervix
  • → Czech: derviš
  • → Danish: dervish
  • → English: dervish
  • → Estonian: derviš
  • → Finnish: dervissi
  • → French: derviche
  • → German: Derwisch
    • → Dutch: derwisj
  • → Greek: δερβίσης (dervísis)
  • → Hungarian: dervis
  • → Italian: derviscio
  • → Lithuanian: dervišas
  • → Macedonian: дервиш (derviš)
  • → Norwegian: dervisj
  • → Polish: derwisz
  • → Portuguese: dervixe
  • → Romanian: derviș
  • → Russian: де́рвиш (dérviš)
  • → Serbo-Croatian:
    • Cyrillic script: дѐрвӣш
    • Latin script: dèrvīš
  • → Slovak: derviš
  • → Slovene: derviš
  • → Spanish: derviche
  • → Swedish: dervisch
  • → Ukrainian: де́рвіш (dérviš)
• → Punjabi:
  • Gurmukhi script: ਦਰਵੇਸ਼ (darveś)
  • Shahmukhi script: دَرْویش (darveś)
• → Sindhi: دَرويشُ
• → Tatar: дәрвиш (därwiş)
• → Turkmen: derwüş

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)

1. (Islam) Dervish; dervish