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effendi

Pronunciation: /ɛˈfɛndi/

The English word “effendi” has 2 meanings listed here.

noun

  1. An educated or well-respected man in an eastern Mediterranean or Arab country; often used as a title of respect or courtesy in Turkey or a former Ottoman territory.
  2. The highest military rank attainable by African soldiers in several British and Imperial German colonial forces.

Etymology

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish افندی (efendi), from Greek αφέντη (afénti), vocative of αφέντης (aféntis), from Ancient Greek αὐθέντης (authéntēs, “lord, master”). Doublet of authentic.

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