Dervishi is a modern Albanian surname of Persian origin from "darvish (درویش, Darvīsh or "Darwish" in Arabic), that entered Albanian from the Turkish adaption "Derviş" (Dervish). Notable people with the surname include: Erald Dervishi (born 1979), Albanian chess grandmaster Lutfi Dervishi (born 1967), Albanian journalist, academic, television presenter and political commentator Përparim Dervishi (born 1955), Albanian civil servant Qazim Dervishi (1908–1994), Albanian soccer player and international referee Roland Dervishi (born 1982), Albanian football striker Teki Dervishi (1943–2011), ethnic-Albanian poet, novelist and playwright