Where does “درویشلك” come from?

درویشلك (Ottoman Turkish) comes from Ottoman Turkish درویش, from Classical Persian درویش, from Persian دریوش, from Persian درغوش, from Middle Persian dlgwš, from Proto-Iranian drigu-.

درویشلك (Ottoman Turkish): the state or condition of a professed dervish which practice voluntary poverty

Definitions

  1. the state or condition of a professed dervish which practice voluntary poverty

Ancestry of “درویشلك”, step by step

درویشلك traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Ottoman Turkish درویش

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ottoman TurkishدرویشDervish, Sufi
2Classical Persianدرویش—
3Persianدریوش—
4Persianدرغوش—
5Middle Persiandlgwšpoor, needy; one who lives in holy indigence
6Proto-Iraniandrigu-—

via Ottoman Turkish ـلك

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ottoman Turkishـلكness
2Proto-Turkic*-liknoun suffix; -ness
Every word from Proto-Iranian drigu- →Every word from Middle Persian dlgwš →Every word from Persian درغوش →