Tikibu: pronunciation dictionary with use examples

Word: dervish
IPA transcription: [d'ɝvɪʃ]
noun meaning of the word
  • Synonyms: dervish
    Meaning: an ascetic Muslim monk; a member of an order noted for devotional exercises involving bodily movements
Usage examples
  • "Hold your tongue," answered the Dervish.
  • "The very greatest danger," answered the dervish.
  • "And suppose," answered the dervish, "that your enemies are invisible, how then?"
  • This battle was noteworthy in employing the cavalry in an open charge across the plains against the dervish infantry.
  • "That, holy dervish," replied Prince Perviz, "was my elder brother, who is now dead, though how he died I cannot say."
  • "Good dervish," answered the princess, "I have heard such glowing descriptions of these three things, that I cannot rest till I possess them."
  • "Madam," said the dervish, "they are far more beautiful than any description, but you seem ignorant of all the difficulties that stand in your way, or you would hardly have undertaken such an adventure. Give it up, I pray you, and return home, and do not ask me to help you to a cruel death."