darwis

Indonesian

Etymology

From Malay darwis, from Persian درویش (darviš), from Middle Persian dlgwš (driyōš, “poor, needy”).[1]

Pronunciation

  • (Standard Indonesian) IPA(key): /ˈdarwis/ [ˈdar.wɪs]
  • Rhymes: -arwis
  • Syllabification: dar‧wis

Noun

darwis (plural darwis-darwis)

  1. (Islam) Dervish (a member of a Sufi Muslim ascetic fraternity of mendicant friars)

References

  1. ^ Mohammad Khosh Haikal Azad (2018) “Historical Cultural Linkages between Iran and Southeast Asia: Entered Persian Vocabularies in the Malay Language”, in Journal of Cultural Relation (in Persian), pages 117-144

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