indicate the level to which a name has been verified.Type Surname (from nickname, ornamental)
Usage Bosnian, Ottoman Turkish
Scripts Derviş
Pronounced Pron. der-wish-ka-dich(Bosnian) dervish(Ottoman Turkish) kadicDerviş is the Turkish and Bosnian(Derviš) spelling of the Persian and Arabic word "darwīš" (درويش) referring to a Sufi aspirant. The word appears as a given name and surname in various(Ottoman Turkish) [key]
Other Forms FormsDerviš
Meaning & History
Derviş is the Turkish and Bosnian (Derviš) or Derviš spelling of the Persian and Arabic word "darwīš" (درويش), referring to a Sufi aspirant. The word appears as a given name and surname in various forms throughout Arabic, Bosnian (a Slavic language), Persian, and Turkish-speaking communities. An etymology for the name is given in the Oxford Dictionary of American Family Names:Status name for a Sufi holy man, from Persian and Turkish derviş ‘dervish’, a member of a Sufi Muslim religious order, from Pahlavi driyosh meaning ‘beggar’, ‘one who goes from door to door’.— Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4