dervish
pronunciation
How to pronounce dervish in British English:
UK [ˈdɜ:vɪʃ]
How to pronounce dervish in American English:
US [ˈdɜrvɪʃ]
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- Noun:
- an ascetic Muslim monk; a member of an order noted for devotional exercises involving bodily movements
Word Origin
- dervish (n.)
- 1580s, from Turkish dervish, from Persian darvesh, darvish "beggar, poor," hence "religious mendicant;" equivalent of Arabic faqir (see fakir). The "whirling dervishes" are just one order among many. Originally dervis; modern spelling is from mid-19c.
Example
- 1. First of all , you cut costs like a dervish - just to stay solvent .
- 2. The really diligent student in one of the crowded hives of cambridge college is as solitary as a dervish in the desert .
- 3. The really diligent student in one of the crowded hives of canbridge college is as solitary as a dervish in the desert .
- 4. Solitude is not measured by the miles of space that intervene between a man and his fellows the really diligent student in one of the crowded hives of cambridge college is as solitary as a dervish in the desert .
- 5. There are also live whirling dervish performances during parts of the year .