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dervish meaning in Marathi

फकीर phakīr

/ˈdɜː(ɹ)vɪʃ//ˈdɜːvɪʃ/

dervish in Marathi: फकीर (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.

Marathi words for dervish

dervish
फकीर 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 Marathi

What is the meaning of dervish in Marathi?
Dervish in Marathi is फकीर (phakīr).
dervish चा मराठी अर्थ काय आहे?
Dervish: फकीर (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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Marathi words from Wiktionary's Marathi entries whose English meaning is “dervish”: फकीर. 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 Marathi words and English meanings and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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