effendi


Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
effendi /ɛˈfɛndi/
noun (pl. effendis) a man of high education or social standing in an eastern Mediterranean or Arab country.
– origin C17: from Turk. efendi, from mod. Gk aphentēs, from Gk authentēs ‘lord, master’.
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