Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun Used as a title of respect for men in Turkey, equivalent to sir.
- noun An educated or respected man in the Near East.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A title of respect given to gentlemen in Turkey, equivalent to Mr. or sir, following the name when used with one.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun Master; sir; -- a Turkish title of respect, applied esp. to a state official or man of learning, as one learned in the law, but often simply as the courtesy title of a gentleman.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun An educated or well-respected man in an eastern Mediterranean or Arab country; often used as a
title ofrespect orcourtesy inTurkey or a former Ottoman territory.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a former Turkish term of respect; especially for government officials
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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Then the mayor turned as pale as a man of his complexion can turn and blurted, "But, effendi, that is not possible."
The Mummy Case Peters, Elizabeth 1985
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I HAD the advantage of lodging three weeks at Belgrade, with a principal effendi, that is to say a scholar.
Letters of the Right Honourable Lady M--y W--y M--e Montague, Lady Mary W 1724
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Much of what land as was privately owned by Arabs prior to 1948 was included in vast latifundia owned by a few dozen wealthy "effendi" (aristocratic) families, some of whom did not even live in Palestine.
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Turkish muslim women address males with 'effendi' (my lord), something that should give you a bit of a pause for thought, because much of what makes a muslim marriage is also a basic element in strict S&M lifestyle couples, with the difference that you have two (or more) mature adults consenting in the latter and that there is no social network that regards such archaic ways of living as 'normal'.
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Mehmet Murat Somer: Well, thank you, but that "effendi" addressing sounds a bit out of fashion, left in the 1920's.
Detectives Beyond Borders: A Forum for International Crime Fiction 2009
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Mehmet Murat Somer: Well, thank you, but that "effendi" addressing sounds a bit out of fashion, left in the 1920's.
Detectives Beyond Borders: A Forum for International Crime Fiction 2009
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I'll be interested in the first Muslim comment. effendi says ...
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But then -- and I'm gonna get gutted here, effendi -- Will Eisner defaulted endlessly into subpar schmaltz in nearly everything he created, and Jack Kirby couldn't script a credible human being to save his life.
What I bought – 5 March 2008 | Comics Should Be Good! @ Comic Book Resources 2008
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In all parts of the country the effendi class has been evacuating in large numbers over a considerable period and the tempo is increasing.
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And you who bear authority over these benighted people, whether under the name of pasha, effendi, or mollah, let me advise you, although an unpromising subject for advice, not to act the stupid as well as barbarous part of riveting your nations in chains.
chained_bear commented on the word effendi
"...the only remaining officer, an odabashi, had been obliged to use what was in the men's powder-horns.
"'Is this gentleman the odabashi?' asked Jack.
"'Oh no, sir. He is an learned man, an effendi, who writes poetical Arabic letters and speaks Greek. The odabashi is only a brutal soldier, a janissary of about the rank of a boatswain...'"
--Patrick O'Brian, Treason's Harbour, 145
February 19, 2008
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