Darwish
Darwish and Darvish (and in French more prominently Darwich and Darwiche) are alternate transliterations of the Persian word "dervish", used in Arabic: درويش, referring to a Sufi aspirant. There is no v sound in most Modern Arabic dialects and so the originally Persian word is usually pronounced with a w sound in Arabic. The word appears as a surname in the Levant or for people descended from Levantine communities, particularly in Lebanon, Syria, Israel and the Palestinian territories. In Iraq, the surname, which in arab means « wandering, roaming » has been borne by people of jewish descent as well.
An etymology for the name is given in the Oxford Dictionary of American Family Names:
Status name for a Sufi holy man, from Persian and Turkish derviş ‘dervish’, a member of a Sufi Muslim religious order, from Pahlavi driyosh meaning ‘beggar’, ‘one who goes from door to door’.
Notable people
- Darvish
- Refer to Darvish
- Darwish
- Abdullah Nimar Darwish, Arab-Israeli politician, founder of the Islamic Movement in Israel
- Adel Darwish, British political journalist, author, historian, broadcaster, and political commentator of Egyptian origin
- Ahmad Darwish, Syrian footballer
- Karim Darwish (born 1981), Egyptian squash player
- Khalid Darwish (born 1979), Emirati footballer
- Mahmoud Darwish (1941–2008), Palestinian poet and author
- Nonie Darwish (born 1949), Egyptian-American human rights activist
- Paula Darwish, musician
- Sayed Darwish (1892–1923), Egyptian composer and singer, considered the father of Egyptian popular music
- Tiffany Darwish (born 1971), American singer and former teen icon. Known popularly by her mononym Tiffany
- Darwish Ridhwan Lee (born 1992), Malaysian Chinese (since 2011) Muslim , local food hunter , Friendly
- Darwich/Darwiche
- Ahmad Darwich, Lebanese-Danish DJ and music producer and co-founder of Kashcow record label
- Adnan "Eddie" Darwiche, Australian double murderer from Sydney, New South Wales, currently serving 2 sentences of life imprisonment
- Fadde Darwich (born 1966), Swedish stand-up comedian of Syrian origin
See also
- Darwiche-Razzak-Fahda family conflict, series of murders and assaults carried out between three Australian families of Lebanese descent in south-west Sydney, Australia between February 2001 and March 2009. The Darwiche family refers to Farouk "Frank" Darwiche and his children Albert, Michael, Abdul, Adnan, Ali and Khadjie
- Darweesh v. Trump, a court case