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