Associations to the word «Dervish»

Wiktionary

DERVISH, noun. A member of a Sufi Muslim ascetic fraternity of mendicant friars.
DERVISH, noun. A member of the Dervish fraternity of Sufism, known for spinning.
DERVISH, noun. (historical) One of the fanatical followers of the Mahdi, in the Sudan, in the 1880s.

Dictionary definition

DERVISH, noun. An ascetic Muslim monk; a member of an order noted for devotional exercises involving bodily movements.

Wise words

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Leo Tolstoy