আফেন্দী

Bengali

Alternative forms

• আফেন্দি (afendi)

Etymology

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish افندی (“thousand”), from Byzantine Greek ἀφέντης (aphéntēs), from Ancient Greek αὐθέντης (authéntēs).

Noun

আফেন্দী • (afendī) (objective আফেন্দী (aphendi) or আফেন্দীকে (aphendike), genitive আফেন্দীর (aphendir), locative আফেন্দীতে (aphendite))

1. effendi; an educated or well-respected man of the Ottoman Empire
2. A title of respect or courtesy in Turkey or a former Ottoman territory.

Proper noun

আফেন্দী • (afendī) (objective আফেন্দী (aphendi) or আফেন্দীকে (aphendike), genitive আফেন্দীর (aphendir))

1. a surname from Turkish. Effendi

References

• Accessible Dictionary, “আফেন্দি” Bengali-English, Government of Bangladesh
• Accessible Dictionary, “আফেন্দি” Bengali-Bengali, Government of Bangladesh