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দরবেশ — meaning in English

dorbeś

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English meaning

  • Dervish noun A member of a Sufi Muslim order known for ascetic living and, in some traditions, ritual spinning dances.
  • fakir noun A Muslim or Hindu religious ascetic who lives by begging and owns little or no property.
  • mendicant noun A member of a religious order that owns no property and lives on charity, such as a Franciscan or Dominican friar.

Senses

দরবেশ is used for these senses in English:

fakir — full definition

  1. noun A Muslim or Hindu religious ascetic who lives by begging and owns little or no property.
  2. noun A wandering performer known for feats of endurance, once associated with such ascetics.

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