Persian · noun, masculine · People & Roles

Darvesh

दरवेश
said dar-vesh
also written: Darvish, Dervish
Meaning

A wandering mendicant mystic who renounces worldly wealth; a poor man of God.

Literally: poor one, mendicant

How Iqbal uses it

The darvesh's voluntary poverty becomes, for Iqbal, a sign of inner kingship and freedom from the world's chains. He celebrates a darveshi that is rich in spirit and unbowed before the powerful, not mere beggary.