Urdu Dictionary

درويش darvesh fr. Zend driwis, nom. of driwi; or fr. dareghusćiṭ, nom. of drighu; rt. drigh, 'to be poor, to beg'; cf. S. darbh, rt. dr̤ibh; and daridra

P درويش darvesh (fr. Zend driwis, nom. of driwi; or fr. dareghusćiṭ, nom. of drighu; rt. drigh, 'to be poor, to beg'; cf. S. darbh, rt. dr̤ibh; and daridra), adj. & s.m. Poor, indigent;—a dervish, a religious mendicant, a beggar (pl. darveshān):—darvesh-maẕhab, adj. Holding the views or opinions of a dervish.