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dervish

English

Alternative forms

  • darwaysh, darwesh, dervise (archaic)

Etymology

From Turkish dervi?, from Ottoman Turkish ??????, from Persian ?????? (darviš), from Middle Persian dlgwš (driy?š, poor, needy).

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /?d??v??/

Noun

dervish (plural dervishes)

  1. A member of the Dervish fraternity of Sufism, known for spinning.
  2. (historical) A citizen or inhabitant of Darawiish (circa 1895–1920 C.E.), the Dhulbahante anti-colonial polity geographically corresponding with Khaatumo.
  3. (historical) One of the fanatical followers of the Mahdi, in the Sudan, in the 1880s.

Derived terms

  • Whirling Dervish

Translations

Anagrams

  • shrived

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nervish

English

Etymology

nerve +? -ish

Adjective

nervish (comparative more nervish, superlative most nervish)

  1. nervous; anxious

Anagrams

  • shriven, vernish

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