Derviş is the Turkish and Bosnian (''Derviš'') spelling of the

Persian Persian may refer to: * People and things from Iran, historically called ''Persia'' in the English language ** Persians, the majority ethnic group in Iran, not to be conflated with the Iranic peoples ** Persian language, an Iranian language of the ...

and

Arabic Arabic (, , or , ) is a Central Semitic languages, Central Semitic language of the Afroasiatic languages, Afroasiatic language family spoken primarily in the Arab world. The International Organization for Standardization (ISO) assigns lang ...

word " " (), referring to a

Sufi Sufism ( or ) is a mysticism, mystic body of religious practice found within Islam which is characterized by a focus on Islamic Tazkiyah, purification, spirituality, ritualism, and Asceticism#Islam, asceticism. Practitioners of Sufism are r ...

aspirant. The word appears as a given name and surname in various forms throughout Arabic, Bosnian (a Slavic language), Persian, and Turkish-speaking communities. An etymology for the name is given in the Oxford Dictionary of American Family Names:

Given name

Derviş

* Derviş Ali (died 1673), Ottoman calligrapher * Derviş Ali Kavazoğlu (1924-1965),

Turkish Cypriot Turkish Cypriots or Cypriot Turks ( or ; ) are so called ethnic Turks originating from Cyprus. Turkish Cypriots are mainly Sunni Muslims. Following the Ottoman conquest of the island in 1571, about 30,000 Turkish settlers were given land onc ...

politician assassinated by Turkish paramilitary group TMT. * Derviş Eroğlu (born 1938), Turkish Cypriot former president of

Northern Cyprus Northern Cyprus, officially the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus (TRNC), is a ''de facto'' state that comprises the northeastern portion of the Geography of Cyprus, island of Cyprus. It is List of states with limited recognition, recognis ...

. * Derviş Kemal Deniz (born 1954), Turkish Cypriot politician * Dervis Konuralp (born 1980), British Paralympic swimmer of Turkish-Cypriot descent * Derviş Vahdeti (1870–1909), Cyprus-born Ottoman religious figure and journalist * Derviş Zaim (born 1964), Turkish Cypriot novelist

Derviš

* Derviš-beg Alić Sarvanović, Ottoman governor of the sanjak of Montenegro * Derviš Hadžiosmanović (born 1959), Montenegrin football coach and former player * Derviš Sušić (1925–1990), Bosnian writer

Dervish

* Dervish Mehmed, the title and name of several historical Ottoman people

Surname

* Ahmet Derviş (1881–1932), officer of the Ottoman Army and the general of the Turkish Army *

Kemal Derviş Kemal Derviş (; 10 January 1949 – 8 May 2023) was a Turkish economist and politician who was head of the United Nations Development Programme. He was honored by the government of Japan for having "contributed to mainstreaming Japan's developm ...

(1949–2023), Turkish economist and politician * Suat Derviş (1905–1972), Turkish female novelist, journalist, and political activist

Given name

Derviş

Derviš

Dervish

Surname

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