দরবেশ

Bengali

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian درویش (darwēš), from earlier دریوش (daryuš, daryōš) with metathesis, from even earlier درغوش (darğuš, darğōš) with lenition.

Pronunciation

• (Rarh) IPA^(key): /d̪ɔɾbeʃ/, [ˈd̪ɔɾbeʃ]

• (Dhaka) IPA^(key): /d̪ɔɹbeʃ/, [ˈd̪ɔɹbeʃ]

Noun

দরবেশ • (dorbeś)

1. mendicant, dervish

   দরবেশ হঞা আমি মক্কায় যাইব।

   dorbeś hona ami mokkaẏ jaib.

   I will go to Mecca by being a mendicant.

   - Krishnadasa Kaviraja

2. dorbesh, a type of Bengali sweetmeat coloured red or yellow

References

• Accessible Dictionary, Bengali-Bengali Government of Bangladesh
• Accessible Dictionary, Bengali-English Government of Bangladesh