Dervish

//ˈdɜː(ɹ)vɪʃ//

Synonyms for "dervish" (42 found)

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107 translations across 56 languages.

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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)

Sample sentences

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The Hejaz war, meanwhile, would be one of dervishes against regular troops.

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