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Romanian
Etymology
Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish افندی (efendi), from Greek αφέντης (aféntis), from Ancient Greek αὐθέντης (authéntēs).
Noun
efendi m (uncountable)
- (dated) sir
Declension
declension of efendi (singular only)
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singular
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m gender
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indefinite articulation
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definite articulation
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nominative/accusative
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(un) efendi
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efendiul
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genitive/dative
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(unui) efendi
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efendiului
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vocative
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efendiule
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Turkish
Etymology
From Ottoman Turkish افندی (efendi), from Greek αφέντης (aféntis), from Ancient Greek αὐθέντης (authéntēs). Doublet of otantik.
Pronunciation
Noun
efendi (definite accusative efendiyi, plural efendiler)
- master, sir
- effendi
- (regional, rustic, informal) mister ((no equivalent expression), similar to "mate", "fellow" usually followed by a proper noun, also in plural with a proper noun signifying the whole family; sometimes ironically and admonishingly instead of bey.)
Declension
Derived terms
Adjective
efendi
- courteous, polite, gentle
2006 January 1, Sores Welat Demir, Damla... Bir Damla Aşk / (Damla... A Drop Of Love - Letters Book by SWD), SWD Group, →ISBN, page 38:Bazısı bana bakıp gülümsedi, içten gülümserler bilirim, çünkü benim dobra ve efendi bir insan olduğumu bilirler. Onlara baktığımda içimden hallerine yalnızca güldüm geçtim, ...- Some of them looked at me and smiled, I know they smile sincerely, because they know that I am a straight and gentle person. When I looked at them, I just smiled back.
Derived terms
- efendice (“courteously”)
- efendi efendi (“in a well-behaved manner”) (also as an interjection ( no equivalent expression, similar to "behave!", often followed by a verb in imperative)