درویش

See also: درويش‎

Khalaj

Noun

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

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

From Persian ‎ (darviš).

Noun

درویش • (derviş) (plural درویشلر‎)

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


Iranian Persian	درویش‎
Dari	درویش‎
Tajik	дарвеш

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

(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

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

poor, needy

Derived terms

درویشی‎ (darviši)

Noun

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

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

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 ‎ (darwēš).

Noun

درویش • (darveś) m (Hindi spelling दरवेश)

(Islam) Dervish; dervish

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