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noun
A member of a Sufi Muslim ascetic fraternity of mendicant friars.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
A citizen or inhabitant of Darawiish (circa 1895–1920 C.E.), the Dhulbahante anti-colonial polity geographically corresponding with Khaatumo.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: historical
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noun
An itinerant Sufi mystic practicing voluntary poverty in devotion to God, and often engaging in ecstatic rituals.
A citizen or inhabitant of Darawiish (circa 1895–1920 C.E.), an anti-colonial polity in modern Somalia headed by Sufis.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: historical
Topics: Islam, lifestyle, religion
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Synonyms: fakir
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noun
An itinerant Sufi mystic practicing voluntary poverty in devotion to God, and often engaging in ecstatic rituals.
One of the followers of Muhammad Ahmad, the Mahdi of the Sudan, in the 1880s.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: historical
Topics: Islam, lifestyle, religion
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Synonyms: fakir
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noun
An itinerant Sufi mystic practicing voluntary poverty in devotion to God, and often engaging in ecstatic rituals.
Any irregular guerrilla fighter resembling the Sudanese Mahdi in equipment, uniform, tactics, etc.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: broadly
Topics: Islam, lifestyle, religion
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Synonyms: fakir
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noun
an ascetic Muslim monk; a member of an order noted for devotional exercises involving bodily movements
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: fakir, fakeer, faqir, faquir
Narrower terms: whirling dervish, whirler
History
From Turkish derviş, from Persian درویش (darviš).
From Ottoman Turkish درویش (derviş), from Persian درویش (darvêš, “poor; Sufi mystic”), from Middle Persian dlgwš (driyōš, “poor, needy”), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *drigu-, cognate with Sanskrit ध्रिगु (dhrigu, “needy”) and Avestan 𐬛𐬭𐬌𐬔𐬎 (driguš).
Across languages
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