darwis

Indonesian

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈdarwɪs/
  • Hyphenation: dar‧wis
  • Rhymes: -wɪs, -ɪs, -s

Noun

darwis (plural darwis-darwis, first-person possessive darwisku, second-person possessive darwismu, third-person possessive darwisnya)

  1. (Islam) a poor, indigent, ascetic, and abstemious person or recluse; Dervish.

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

Further reading

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