Where does “Derviş” come from?

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

Derviş (Turkish): dervish, an itinerant Sufi mystic practicing voluntary poverty in devotion to God

Definitions

  1. dervish, an itinerant Sufi mystic practicing voluntary poverty in devotion to God

Ancestry of “Derviş”, step by step

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

Words derived from “Derviş”

Every word from Proto-Iranian drigu- →Every word from Middle Persian dlgwš →Every word from Persian درغوش →