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Where does “dlgwš” come from?

dlgwš (Middle Persian) comes from Proto-Iranian drigu-.

dlgwš (Middle Persian): poor, needy; one who lives in holy indigence

Definitions

  1. poor, needy; one who lives in holy indigence

Ancestry of “dlgwš”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Iraniandrigu-—

Words derived from “dlgwš”

  • dervish
  • Dervish
  • derviscio
  • дервиш
  • дервиш
  • derviš
  • درويش
  • dervis
  • dervisek
  • derviş
  • Derviş
  • دریوش
  • درغوش
  • درویش
  • derviš
  • درویش
  • درویش
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