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# dervish

«dervish» in Mova's school dictionary: **a holy man from certain Muslim groups, often in the…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (dervishes)

### meaning for a pupil

A dervish is a holy man from certain Muslim groups, often in the Middle East or Asia, who lives simply and gives himself to prayer. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dervish/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

in old stories, a wise wanderer who gives advice to the hero on a long journey.

### examples

- The dervish walked slowly along the road. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dervish/#x1)
- "Beware of the mountains," said the dervish. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dervish/#x2)
- We met a dervish in the desert. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dervish/#x3)

### note

nothing for maths

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «dervish» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dervish/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.