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dervish meaning in Gujarati

ફકીર phakīr

/ˈdɜː(ɹ)vɪʃ//ˈdɜːvɪʃ/

dervish in Gujarati: ફકીર (phakīr). In English, dervish means a citizen or inhabitant of Darawiish (circa 1895–1920 C.E.), an anti-colonial polity in modern Somalia headed by Sufis.

Gujarati words for dervish

dervish
ફકીર phakīr

English meaning of dervish

  1. noun A citizen or inhabitant of Darawiish (circa 1895–1920 C.E.), an anti-colonial polity in modern Somalia headed by Sufis.
  2. noun One of the followers of Muhammad Ahmad, the Mahdi of the Sudan, in the 1880s.
  3. noun Any irregular guerrilla fighter resembling the Sudanese Mahdi in equipment, uniform, tactics, etc.

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Questions about dervish in Gujarati

What is the meaning of dervish in Gujarati?
Dervish in Gujarati is ફકીર (phakīr).
dervish નો ગુજરાતી અર્થ શું છે?
Dervish: ફકીર (phakīr).
What does dervish mean in English?
Dervish means a citizen or inhabitant of Darawiish (circa 1895–1920 C.E.), an anti-colonial polity in modern Somalia headed by Sufis.

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Gujarati words from Wiktionary's Gujarati entries whose English meaning is “dervish”: ફકીર. English meanings adapted from Wiktionary: dervish (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the Gujarati words and English meanings and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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