The word Dervish, especially in European languages, refers to members of SufiMuslimascetic religious Tarika, known for their extreme poverty and austerity, similar to mendicantfriars.The term comes from the Persian word Darwīsh [1] (درویش), which usually refers to a mendicantascetic. This latter word is also used to refer to an unflappable or ascetic temperament (as in the Urdu phrase darwaishana thabiyath for an ascetic temperament); that is, for an attitude that is indifferent to material possessions and the like.
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[Islamic] The name given by Muslims to certain mysterious persons whose identities are known only to God and through whom the world is able to continue its existence. When one of them dies, another is secretly appointed by God to fill in the vacant place.
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