The Hejaz war, meanwhile, would be one of dervishes against regular troops.
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Dervish
//ˈdɜː(ɹ)vɪʃ//
Synonyms for "dervish" (42 found)
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Related words (21)
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107 translations across 56 languages.
Adyghe
1 entries- дэруищ noun (a Sufi Muslim ascetic fraternity)
Albanian
1 entries- dervish noun (a Sufi Muslim ascetic fraternity)
Arabic
3 entries- درويش noun (Sufi ascetic)
- دَرْوِيش noun (a Sufi Muslim ascetic fraternity)
- دَرْوِيش noun (Sufi ascetic)
Armenian
2 entries- դերվիշ noun (a Sufi Muslim ascetic fraternity)
- դերվիշ noun (Sufi ascetic)
Azerbaijani
2 entries- dərviş noun (a Sufi Muslim ascetic fraternity)
- dərviş noun (Sufi ascetic)
Belarusian
1 entries- дэ́рвіш noun (Sufi ascetic)
Bengali
2 entries- দরবেশ noun (a Sufi Muslim ascetic fraternity)
- দরবেশ noun (Sufi ascetic)
Bulgarian
1 entries- де́рвиш noun (Sufi ascetic)
Catalan
2 entries- dervix noun (a Sufi Muslim ascetic fraternity)
- dervix noun (Sufi ascetic)
Central Kurdish
1 entries- دەروێش noun (Sufi ascetic)
Chinese Mandarin
3 entries- 德爾維希 /德尔维希 noun (a Sufi Muslim ascetic fraternity)
- 德爾維希 /德尔维希 noun (Sufi ascetic)
- 托钵僧 noun (Sufi ascetic)
Czech
1 entries- derviš noun (Sufi ascetic)
Danish
1 entries- dervish noun (Sufi ascetic)
Dutch
2 entries- derwisj noun (a Sufi Muslim ascetic fraternity)
- derwisj noun (Sufi ascetic)
Esperanto
1 entries- derviŝo noun (Sufi ascetic)
Estonian
1 entries- derviš noun (Sufi ascetic)
Finnish
2 entries- dervissi noun (a Sufi Muslim ascetic fraternity)
- dervissi noun (Sufi ascetic)
French
2 entries- derviche noun (a Sufi Muslim ascetic fraternity)
- derviche noun (Sufi ascetic)
Georgian
2 entries- დერვიში noun (a Sufi Muslim ascetic fraternity)
- დერვიში noun (Sufi ascetic)
German
4 entries- Derwisch noun (a Sufi Muslim ascetic fraternity)
- Derwisch noun (Sufi ascetic)
- Derwischin noun (a Sufi Muslim ascetic fraternity)
- Derwischin noun (Sufi ascetic)
Greek
3 entries- δερβίσης noun (a Sufi Muslim ascetic fraternity)
- δερβίσης noun (Sufi ascetic)
- ντερβίσης noun (Sufi ascetic)
Hebrew
2 entries- דרוויש noun (a Sufi Muslim ascetic fraternity)
- דרוויש noun (Sufi ascetic)
Hindi
2 entries- दरवेश noun (a Sufi Muslim ascetic fraternity)
- दरवेश noun (Sufi ascetic)
Hungarian
2 entries- dervis noun (a Sufi Muslim ascetic fraternity)
- dervis noun (Sufi ascetic)
Ido
1 entries- dervisho noun (a Sufi Muslim ascetic fraternity)
Indonesian
2 entries- Darwis noun (a Sufi Muslim ascetic fraternity)
- darwis noun (Sufi ascetic)
Italian
2 entries- derviscio noun (a Sufi Muslim ascetic fraternity)
- derviscio noun (Sufi ascetic)
Japanese
2 entries- ダルヴィーシュ noun (Sufi ascetic)
- ダーウィーシュ noun (a Sufi Muslim ascetic fraternity)
Kabardian
1 entries- дэруищ noun (a Sufi Muslim ascetic fraternity)
Kazakh
2 entries- деревиш noun (Sufi ascetic)
- дәруіш noun (a Sufi Muslim ascetic fraternity)
Korean
2 entries- 데르비시 noun (a Sufi Muslim ascetic fraternity)
- 탁발승 noun (a Sufi Muslim ascetic fraternity)
Kumyk
1 entries- дербиш noun (a Sufi Muslim ascetic fraternity)
Kyrgyz
3 entries- дарвиш noun (Sufi ascetic)
- дербиш noun (a Sufi Muslim ascetic fraternity)
- дербиш noun (Sufi ascetic)
Macedonian
2 entries- дервиш noun (a Sufi Muslim ascetic fraternity)
- дервиш noun (Sufi ascetic)
Manx
1 entries- jervish noun (Sufi ascetic)
Northern Kurdish
2 entries- derwêş noun (Sufi ascetic)
- dewrêş noun (Sufi ascetic)
Ottoman Turkish
2 entries- دده noun (Sufi ascetic)
- درویش noun (Sufi ascetic)
Pashto
2 entries- دروېش noun (a Sufi Muslim ascetic fraternity)
- دروېش noun (Sufi ascetic)
Persian
2 entries- درویش noun (a Sufi Muslim ascetic fraternity)
- درویش noun (Sufi ascetic)
Polish
2 entries- derwisz noun (a Sufi Muslim ascetic fraternity)
- derwisz noun (Sufi ascetic)
Portuguese
3 entries- daroês noun (a Sufi Muslim ascetic fraternity)
- dervixe noun (a Sufi Muslim ascetic fraternity)
- dervixe noun (Sufi ascetic)
Romanian
1 entries- derviș noun (Sufi ascetic)
Russian
2 entries- де́рвиш noun (a Sufi Muslim ascetic fraternity)
- де́рвиш noun (Sufi ascetic)
Serbo-Croatian
4 entries- derviš noun (a Sufi Muslim ascetic fraternity)
- derviš noun (Sufi ascetic)
- дервиш noun (a Sufi Muslim ascetic fraternity)
- дервиш noun (Sufi ascetic)
Slovak
2 entries- derviš noun (a Sufi Muslim ascetic fraternity)
- derviš noun (Sufi ascetic)
Slovene
1 entries- derviš noun (Sufi ascetic)
Spanish
2 entries- derviche noun (a Sufi Muslim ascetic fraternity)
- derviche noun (Sufi ascetic)
Swedish
2 entries- dervisch noun (a Sufi Muslim ascetic fraternity)
- dervisch noun (Sufi ascetic)
Tajik
2 entries- дарвеш noun (a Sufi Muslim ascetic fraternity)
- дарвеш noun (Sufi ascetic)
Turkish
2 entries- derviş noun (a Sufi Muslim ascetic fraternity)
- derviş noun (Sufi ascetic)
Turkmen
1 entries- derviş noun (a Sufi Muslim ascetic fraternity)
Ukrainian
1 entries- де́рвіш noun (Sufi ascetic)
Urdu
2 entries- درویش noun (a Sufi Muslim ascetic fraternity)
- درویش noun (Sufi ascetic)
Uyghur
1 entries- دەرۋىش noun (a Sufi Muslim ascetic fraternity)
Uzbek
2 entries- darvesh noun (a Sufi Muslim ascetic fraternity)
- darvesh noun (Sufi ascetic)
Volapük
4 entries- därvid noun (a Sufi Muslim ascetic fraternity)
- därvid noun (Sufi ascetic)
- hidärvid noun (a Sufi Muslim ascetic fraternity)
- hidärvid noun (Sufi ascetic)
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