efendi

Bedeutung (Englisch)

Noun

1. master, sir
2. effendi
3. (informal,regional) 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.)

Adj

courteous, polite, gentle

Ausgesprochen als (IPA)

/eˈfændi/

Etymologie (Englisch)

From Ottoman Turkish افندی (efendi), from Greek αφέντης (aféntis), from Ancient Greek αὐθέντης (authéntēs). Doublet of otantik.