أفندي

Arabic

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish افندی‎ (efendi), from Greek αφέντη (afénti), vocative of αφέντης (aféntis), from Ancient Greek αὐθέντης (authéntēs, “lord, master”).

Noun

أَفَنْدِي • (ʔafandī) m (dual أَفَنْدِيَّان‎ (ʔafandiyyān), plural أَفَنْدِيَّة‎ (ʔafandiyya))

honorific address on an adult male; mister, sir, efendi

Declension

Declension of noun أَفَنْدِي (ʔafandī)

Singular	singular invariable
Singular	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	أَفَنْدِي ʔafandī	الْأَفَنْدِي‎ al-ʔafandī	أَفَنْدِي ʔafandī
Nominative	أَفَنْدِي ʔafandī	الْأَفَنْدِي‎ al-ʔafandī	أَفَنْدِي ʔafandī
Accusative	أَفَنْدِي ʔafandī	الْأَفَنْدِي‎ al-ʔafandī	أَفَنْدِي ʔafandī
Genitive	أَفَنْدِي ʔafandī	الْأَفَنْدِي‎ al-ʔafandī	أَفَنْدِي ʔafandī
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	أَفَنْدِيَّيْن‎ ʔafandiyyayn	الْأَفَنْدِيَّيْن‎ al-ʔafandiyyayn	أَفَنْدِيَّيْ‎ ʔafandiyyay
Nominative	أَفَنْدِيَّانِ‎ ʔafandiyyāni	الْأَفَنْدِيَّانِ‎ al-ʔafandiyyāni	أَفَنْدِيَّا‎ ʔafandiyyā
Accusative	أَفَنْدِيَّيْنِ‎ ʔafandiyyayni	الْأَفَنْدِيَّيْنِ‎ al-ʔafandiyyayni	أَفَنْدِيَّيْ‎ ʔafandiyyay
Genitive	أَفَنْدِيَّيْنِ‎ ʔafandiyyayni	الْأَفَنْدِيَّيْنِ‎ al-ʔafandiyyayni	أَفَنْدِيَّيْ‎ ʔafandiyyay
Plural	broken plural triptote in ـَة (-a)
Plural	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	أَفَنْدِيَّة‎ ʔafandiyya	الْأَفَنْدِيَّة‎ al-ʔafandiyya	أَفَنْدِيَّة‎ ʔafandiyyat
Nominative	أَفَنْدِيَّةٌ‎ ʔafandiyyatun	الْأَفَنْدِيَّةُ‎ al-ʔafandiyyatu	أَفَنْدِيَّةُ‎ ʔafandiyyatu
Accusative	أَفَنْدِيَّةً‎ ʔafandiyyatan	الْأَفَنْدِيَّةَ‎ al-ʔafandiyyata	أَفَنْدِيَّةَ‎ ʔafandiyyata
Genitive	أَفَنْدِيَّةٍ‎ ʔafandiyyatin	الْأَفَنْدِيَّةِ‎ al-ʔafandiyyati	أَفَنْدِيَّةِ‎ ʔafandiyyati

Derived terms

يوسف أفندي‎

References

Wehr, Hans (1979), “أفندي”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN

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