Derviş
Derviş is the Turkish and Bosnian spelling of the Persian and Arabic word "darwīš", referring to a Sufi aspirant. The word appears as a given name and surname in various forms throughout Arabic, Bosnian, 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, Ottoman calligrapher
- Derviş Ali Kavazoğlu, Turkish Cypriot politician assassinated by Turkish paramilitary group TMT.
- Derviş Eroğlu, Turkish Cypriot former Prime Minister of Northern Cyprus.
- Derviş Kemal Deniz, Turkish Cypriot politician
- Dervis Konuralp, British Paralympic swimmer of Turkish-Cypriot descent
- Derviş Turhan, Turkish jurist and former president of the Supreme Court
- Derviş Zaim, Turkish Cypriot novelist
Derviš
- Derviš-beg Alić Sarvanović, Ottoman governor of the sanjak of Montenegro
- Derviš Hadžiosmanović, Montenegrin football coach and former player
- Derviš Sušić, Bosnian writer
Dervish
- Dervish Mehmed, the title and name of several historical Ottoman people
Surname
- Ahmet Derviş, officer of the Ottoman Army and the general of the Turkish Army
- Kemal Derviş, Turkish economist and politician
- Suat Derviş, Turkish female novelist, journalist, and political activist
