dervish

Meaning

Noun

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

Origin

  • From Turkish derviş, from Ottoman Turkish درویش, from Persian درویش, from Middle Persian dlgwš.

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