darwis

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Etymology edit

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

Pronunciation edit

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

Noun edit

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

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

References edit

^ 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 edit

“darwis” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

[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

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