dervis

See also: derviš, derviş, Derviş, dərviş, and dərvîş

English

Noun

dervis (plural dervises)

1. Archaic form of dervish.

Hungarian

Etymology

From English dervish, from Ottoman Turkish درویش (derviş), from Persian درویش (darviš).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈdɛrviʃ]
• Hyphenation: der‧vis
• Rhymes: -iʃ

Noun

dervis (plural dervisek)

1. Dervish, dervish

Declension

Inflection (stem in -e-, front unrounded harmony)

	singular	plural
nominative	dervis	dervisek
accusative	dervist	derviseket
dative	dervisnek	derviseknek
instrumental	dervissel	dervisekkel
causal-final	dervisért	dervisekért
translative	dervissé	dervisekké
terminative	dervisig	dervisekig
essive-formal	dervisként	dervisekként
essive-modal	—	—
inessive	dervisben	dervisekben
superessive	dervisen	derviseken
adessive	dervisnél	derviseknél
illative	dervisbe	dervisekbe
sublative	dervisre	dervisekre
allative	dervishez	dervisekhez
elative	dervisből	dervisekből
delative	dervisről	dervisekről
ablative	dervistől	dervisektől
non-attributive possessive – singular	dervisé	derviseké
non-attributive possessive – plural	derviséi	dervisekéi

Possessive forms of dervis

possessor	single possession	multiple possessions
1st person sing.	dervisem	derviseim
2nd person sing.	dervised	derviseid
3rd person sing.	dervise	dervisei
1st person plural	dervisünk	derviseink
2nd person plural	dervisetek	derviseitek
3rd person plural	dervisük	derviseik

Derived terms

Expressions

• kerengő dervisek

Further reading

• dervis in Géza Bárczi, László Országh, et al., editors, A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára [The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (ÉrtSz.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN.
• dervis in Nóra Ittzés, editor, A magyar nyelv nagyszótára [A Comprehensive Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (Nszt.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 2006–2031 (work in progress; published a–ez as of 2026).

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdɛr.vis/, /derˈvis/
• Rhymes: -ɛrvis, -is
• Hyphenation: dèr‧vis, der‧vìs

Noun

dervis m (invariable)

1. alternative form of derviscio