DERVISH


Meaning of DERVISH in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈdər-vish ]

noun

Etymology: Turkish derviş, literally, beggar, from Persian darvīsh

Date: 1585

1. : a member of a Muslim religious order noted for devotional exercises (as bodily movements leading to a trance)

2. : one that whirls or dances with or as if with the abandonment of a dervish

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