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From: DICT.TW English-Chinese Dictionary 英漢字典

 der·vish /ˈdɝvɪʃ/
 回教的托缽僧

From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Der·vish Der·vise Der·vis n.
 1. A Turkish or Persian monk, especially one who professes extreme poverty and leads an austere life.
 2. One of the fanatical followers of the Mahdi, in the Sudan, in the 1880's.
 

From: WordNet (r) 2.0

 dervish
      n : an ascetic Muslim monk; a member of an order noted for
          devotional exercises involving bodily movements