Main Entry:

der·vish

Pronunciation:

\ˈdər-vish\

Function:

noun

Etymology:

Turkish derviş, literally, beggar, from Persian darvīsh

Date:

1585

1 : a member of a Muslim religious order noted for devotional exercises (as bodily movements leading to a trance) 2 : one that whirls or dances with or as if with the abandonment of a dervish