dlgwš

Middle Persian

Alternative forms

  • 𐬛𐬀𐬭𐬫𐬋𐬱‎ (daryōš) (Pazend)

Etymology

Akin to Avestan 𐬛𐬭𐬌𐬔𐬎‎ (drigu), 𐬛𐬭𐬌𐬖𐬎‎ (driγu, “poor, needy”).

Adjective

dlgwš • (driyōš) (comparative dlgwštl, superlative dlgwštwm)

  1. poor, needy
    • Mēnōg ī Xrad, chap. 57.22, cited in
      PWB hlt' dlgwštl
      pad xrad driyōštar
      poorer in wisdom

Derived terms

  • dlgwšyh (driyōšīh, “poverty”)

Noun

dlgwš • (driyōš)

  1. one who lives in holy indigence

Descendants

  • Persian: درغوش‎ (darğuš, darğôš), دریوش‎ (daryuš, daryôš), درغویش‎ (darğêš) (dialectal), درویش‎ (darviš, darvêš)
    • Tajik: дарвеш (darveš)
    • → Arabic: دَرْوِيش‎ (darwīš)
    • → Armenian: տէրվիշ (tērviš), տէվրիշ (tēvriš), դա̈վրէշ (dävrēš), դա̈րվէշ (därvēš), դա̈րվիշ (därviš), դէրվիշ (dērviš), դօ̈վրիշ (dō̈vriš) (in some dialects via Ottoman Turkish)
    • → Azeri: dərviş
    • → Hindustani:
      Hindi: दरवेश (darveś)
      Urdu: درویش‎ (darveś)
    • → Ottoman Turkish: درویش‎ (derviş)

References

  • MacKenzie, D. N. (1971), “driyōš”, in A concise Pahlavi dictionary, London, New York, Toronto: Oxford University Press, page 27
  • Mansour Shaki, Hamid Algar (December 15, 1994), "DARVĪŠ" in Encyclopaedia Iranica, last updated November 18, 2011
  • Kanga, Kavasji Edalji (1909), “poor”, in An English–Avesta Dictionary, Bombay: The Fort Printing Press
  • Kanga, Kavasji Edalji (1909), “needy”, in An English–Avesta Dictionary, Bombay: The Fort Printing Press
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