درویش

See also: درويش‎

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	درویشییݧ‎	درویشلَرییݧ‎
dative	درویشکه‎	درویشلَرکه‎
definite accusative	درویشی‎	درویشلَری‎
locative	درویشچه‎	درویشلَرچه‎
ablative	درویشدَن‎	درویشلَردَن‎
instrumental	درویشلَن‎	درویشلَرلَن‎
equative	درویشوارا‎	درویشلَروارا‎
quantitative	درویشقَدَر‎	درویشلَرقَدَر‎

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

From Persian درویش‎ (darviš).

Noun

درویش • (derviş) (plural درویشلر‎)

1. Dervish, Sufi

Descendants

• Turkish: derviş
• → Bulgarian: дерви́ш (dervíš)
• → English: Dervish
• → German: Derwisch
  • → Dutch: derwisj
• → Greek: δερβίσης (dervísis)
• → Hungarian: dervis
• → Italian: derviscio
• → Macedonian: дервиш (derviš)
• → Polish: derwisz
• → Punjabi: ਦਰਵੇਸ (darves)
• → Romanian: derviș
• → Russian: де́рвиш (dérviš)
• → Serbo-Croatian: дѐрвӣш
• → Slovak: derviš

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	درویش
Iranian Persian
Tajik	дарвеш

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

 

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

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

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

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

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

Adjective

درویش • (darvêš) (comparative درویش‌تَر‎ (darvêš-tar), superlative درویش‌تَرین‎ (darvêš-tarin))

1. poor, needy

Derived terms

• درویشی‎ (darviši)

Noun

درویش • (darvêš) (plural درویشان‎ (darvêšân) or درویش‌ها‎ (darvêš-hâ) or دراویش‎ (darâvêš))

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

• درویشی‎ (darvêši)
• درویشانه‎ (darvêšâne)

Descendants

• → Azerbaijani: dərviş
• → Hindi: दरवेश (darveś)
• → Kazakh: дәруіш (däruış)
• → Khalaj: dərvîş
• → Malay: darwis
  • Indonesian: darwis
• → Ottoman Turkish: درویش‎
  • Turkish: derviş
  • → Bulgarian: дерви́ш (dervíš)
  • → English: Dervish
  • → German: Derwisch
    • → Dutch: derwisj
  • → Greek: δερβίσης (dervísis)
  • → Hungarian: dervis
  • → Italian: derviscio
  • → Macedonian: дервиш (derviš)
  • → Polish: derwisz
  • → Punjabi: ਦਰਵੇਸ (darves)
  • → Romanian: derviș
  • → Russian: де́рвиш (dérviš)
  • → Serbo-Croatian: дѐрвӣш
  • → Slovak: derviš

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