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7 letters · 14 points in Scrabble
Meaning
noun an ascetic Muslim monk; a member of an order noted for devotional exercises involving bodily movements
originFrom Ottoman Turkish درویش (derviş), from Persian درویش (darvêš, “poor; Sufi mystic”), from Middle Persian dlgwš (driyōš, “poor, needy”), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *drigu-, cognate with Sanskrit ध्रिगु (dhrigu, “needy”) and Avestan 𐬛𐬭𐬌𐬔𐬎 (driguš).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 3.0
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