افندی

See also: أفندي

Ottoman Turkish

Alternative forms

• էֆէնտի (efendi) — Armeno-Turkish

Etymology

From Byzantine Greek ἀφέντης (aphéntēs) (modern Greek αφέντης (aféntis)), from Ancient Greek αὐθέντης (authéntēs).

Noun

افندی • (efendi)

1. mister, lord, sir, effendi a title applied to anyone who is not titled بك (beg)

Derived terms

• افندیلك (efendilik)
• بك افندی (bey efendi)
• خانم افندی (hanım efendi)
• قادین افندی (kadın efendi)

 

Descendants

• Turkish: efendi
  • → Japanese: エフェンディ (efendi)
• → Arabic: أفندي (ʔafandī)
• → Bengali: আফেন্দী (afendī)
• → Armenian: էֆենդի (ēfendi)
• → Aromanian: afendi, afendu
• → Bashkir: әфәнде (əfənde)
• → Bulgarian: ефенди́я (efendíja), ефе́нди (eféndi)
• → Crimean Tatar: efendi
• → English: effendi
• → Finnish: efendi
• → French: efendi
• → German: Efendi, Effendi
• → Georgian: ეფენდი (ependi)
• → Hebrew: אפנדי (efendi)
• → Indonesian: efendi
• → Italian: effendi
• → Kazakh: әпенді (äpendı)
• → Kyrgyz: апенде (apende), апенди (apendi)
• → Northern Kurdish: efendî, efendiyane and efendîtî
• → Kumyk: апенди (apendi)
• → Macedonian: ефендија (efendija), ефенди (efendi)
• → Persian: آفندی (âfandi), افندی (afandi)
• → Polish: efendi
• → Portuguese: efêndi
• → Romanian: afendi, efendi
• → Russian: эфе́нди (eféndi), эффе́нди (efféndi)
• → Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic script: ефѐндија, efèndi

  Latin script: efèndija, efèndi

  • → Slovene: efendija, efendi
• → Slovak: efendi
• → Spanish: effendi
• → Swahili: afande
• → Tajik: афандӣ (afandī)
• → Tatar: әфәнде (äfände)
• → Uzbek: afandi
• → Uyghur: ئەپەندى (ependi)
  • → Chinese: 阿凡提 (āfántí)

References

• Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “efendi”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
• Redhouse, James W. (1890) “افندی”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎^[1], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 160