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Russian
Etymology
Via a Turkic source (compare Bashkir әфәнде (əfənde), Turkish efendi), from Greek αφέντη (afénti) (vocative of αφέντης (aféntis)), from Ancient Greek αὐθέντης (authéntēs, “lord, master”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (phonetic respelling: эфэ́нди)
Noun
эфе́нди • (efɛ́ndi) m anim (indeclinable)
- effendi (title of respect)
2012, Борис Акунин [Boris Akunin], “Самый восточный город Запада”, in Чёрный город, Москва: Захаров; English translation from The Black City, (Please provide a date or year):— Куда́ прика́жешь, эфе́нди? — спроси́л черноборо́дый возни́ца в пло́ской ша́почке.- — Kudá prikážešʹ, eféndi? — sprosíl černoboródyj vozníca v plóskoj šápočke.
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