Where does “dervish” come from?
Dervish comes from Turkish derviş, from Persian درویش, from Middle Persian dlgwš, from Proto-Iranian drigu-.
dervish (English): A member of the Dervish fraternity of Sufism,...
Definitions
- A member of the Dervish fraternity of Sufism,...
Ancestry of “dervish”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Turkish | derviş | dervish |
| 2 | Ottoman Turkish | درویش | Dervish, Sufi |
| 3 | Classical Persian | درویش | — |
| 4 | Persian | دریوش | — |
| 5 | Persian | درغوش | — |
| 6 | Middle Persian | dlgwš | poor, needy; one who lives in holy indigence |
| 7 | Proto-Iranian | drigu- | — |