dervish

English - Turkish

Definition of dervish in English Turkish dictionary: derviş; (isim) derviş; tekke; fukara
dervish convent: dergah
dervish lodge: Dergâh
dervish monastery: (Madencilik) büyük tekke
dervish's coat: hırka
whirling dervish: (Din) Semazen: Sema eden, dönen derviş
whirling dervish: (Din) Semazen
whirling dervish: (Din) A member of a Turkish order of dervishes, or Sufis, whose ritual consists in part of a highly stylized whirling ritual
wandering dervish: abdal

English - English

Definition of dervish in English English dictionary: a Sufi Muslim ascetic fraternity; a form of mendicant friars; A member of Dervish fraternity of Sufism, known for spinning; If you say that someone is like a dervish, you mean that they are turning round and round, waving their arms about, or working very quickly. Brian was whirling like a dervish, slapping at the mosquitoes and moaning. a member of a Muslim religious group, some of whom dance fast and spin around as part of a religious ceremony (dervis ). In Islam, a member of a Sufi fraternity. These mystics stressed emotional aspects of devotion through ecstatic trances, dancing, and whirling. Dervishes can be either resident in the community or lay members; wandering or mendicant dervishes are called fakirs and are often regarded as holy men who possess miraculous powers. Though viewed as unorthodox and extreme by most Muslims, the movement has endured to the present. See also Sufism; A dervish is a member of a Muslim religious group which has a very active and lively dance as part of its worship; One of the fanatical followers of the Mahdi, in the Sudan; A Turkish or Persian monk, especially one who professes extreme poverty and leads an austere life; {i} member of a Muslim ascetic order; one that is frenetic; an ascetic Muslim monk; a member of an order noted for devotional exercises involving bodily movements
whirling dervish: a dervish whose actions include ecstatic dancing and whirling

dervish

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der·vish

dırvîş

/ˈdərvəsʜ/ /ˈdɜrvɪʃ/

() From Turkish derviş, from Persian درویش (darvish).

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