effendi
Americannoun
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effendis
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a former Turkish title of respect, especially for government officials.
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(in eastern Mediterranean countries) a man who is a member of the aristocracy.
noun
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(in the Ottoman Empire) a title of respect used to address men of learning or social standing
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(in Turkey since 1934) the oral title of address equivalent to Mr
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Noun Inflected Forms
Etymology
Origin of effendi
1605–15; < Turkish efendi < Modern Greek, Greek authentḗs doer, master. See authentic
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But Joe is telling it the way it really is, effendi.
From Time Magazine Archive
He abolished all titles such as pasha and effendi.
From Time Magazine Archive
Parts of the effendi class like to listen to Axis promises of advancement and power.
From Time Magazine Archive
No, effendi; but there are ruins close by across the valley.
From Yussuf the Guide The Mountain Bandits; Strange Adventure in Asia Minor by John Schonberg
Yes, effendi; I lay down to rest as you bade me, and I slept, expecting to be called later on to watch; but I was not awakened, and slept heavily.
From Yussuf the Guide The Mountain Bandits; Strange Adventure in Asia Minor by John Schonberg
The style may be Western, but Mr Erbil stress that what they are doing mixes "modernity" and cultural heritage, by harking back to the lifestyles of the traditional Kurdish landowning class, the effendis.
From BBC ● Jan. 21, 2017
In days past, the "effendis" - literally, "lord" or "master" - would dress in their finest clothes to attend cultural salons or visit tea shops.
From BBC ● Jan. 21, 2017
Fat effendis in tasseled tarbooshes and doublebreasted business suits were streaming from Jerusalem in new American sedans that swayed under the load of rolled-up Turkish rugs and bundled household goods.
From Time Magazine Archive
This was not perhaps an impolitic choice, as she had a better chance of becoming one than the other, there being many rich effendis to one Sir Isaac Newton.
From A Century of English Essays An Anthology Ranging from Caxton to R. L. Stevenson & the Writers of Our Own Time by Ernest Rhys
Let the English effendis go, and not touch the ruins again.”
From Yussuf the Guide The Mountain Bandits; Strange Adventure in Asia Minor by John Schonberg
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