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Meaning of dervish

Source language: EnglishDictionary language: English

dervish

Pronunciation:/ˈdɜːvɪʃ/

noun

Definitions

  1. A member of the Dervish fraternity of Sufism, known for spinning.

  2. A citizen or inhabitant of Darawiish (circa 1895–1920 C.E.), the Dhulbahante anti-colonial polity geographically corresponding with Khaatumo.

  3. One of the fanatical followers of the Mahdi, in the Sudan, in the 1880s.

Sources:https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/dervish

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