Skip to main content

dervish

Hindi dervish का अर्थ हिंदी में
  • दरवेश
English dervish meaning in English  •  dervish का अर्थ अंग्रेजी में
Noun
  • A Turkish or Persian monk, especially one who professes extreme poverty and leads an austere life.
  • One of the fanatical followers of the Mahdi, in the Sudan, in the 1880's.
  • in modern times, a member of an ascetic Mohammedan sect notable for its devotional exercises, which include energetic chanting or shouting and rhythmic bodily movement, such as whirling, leading to a trance-like state or ecstasy. From these exercises the
  • figuratively, a person who whirls or engages in frenzied activity reminiscent of the dervish{3} dancing.
Advertisement