افندی

See also: أفندي‎

Ottoman Turkish

From Byzantine Greek ἀφέντης (aphéntēs) (modern Greek αφέντης (aféntis)), from Ancient Greek αὐθέντης (authéntēs).

افندی • (efendi)

mister, lord, sir, effendi a title applied to anyone who is not titled بك‎ (beg)

Turkish: efendi
- → Japanese: エフェンディ (efendi)
→ Arabic: أفندي‎ (ʔafandī)
→ Bengali: আফেন্দী (afendī)
→ Armenian: էֆենդի (ēfendi)
→ Aromanian: afendi, afendu
→ Bashkir: әфәнде (äfände)
→ Bulgarian: ефенди́я (efendíja), ефе́нди (eféndi)
→ Crimean Tatar: efendi
→ English: effendi
→ Finnish: efendi
→ French: efendi
→ German: Efendi, Effendi
→ Georgian: ეფენდი (ependi)
→ Hebrew: אפנדי‎ (efendi)
→ Indonesian: efendi
→ Italian: effendi
→ Kazakh: әпенді (äpendı)
→ Kyrgyz: апенде (apende), апенди (apendi)
→ Northern Kurdish: efendî, efendiyane and efendîtî
→ Kumyk: апенди (apendi)
→ Macedonian: ефендија (efendija), ефенди (efendi)
→ Persian: آفندی‎ (âfandi), افندی‎ (afandi)
→ Polish: efendi
→ Portuguese: efêndi
→ Romanian: afendi, efendi
→ Russian: эфе́нди (eféndi), эффе́нди (efféndi)
→ Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic script: ефѐндија, efèndi

Latin script: efèndija, efèndi
- → Slovene: efendija, efendi
→ Slovak: efendi
→ Spanish: effendi
→ Swahili: afande
→ Tajik: афандӣ (afandī)
→ Tatar: әфәнде (äfände)
→ Uzbek: afandi
→ Uyghur: ئەپەندى‎ (ependi)
- → Chinese: 阿凡提 (āfántí)

Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–), “efendi”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
Redhouse, James W. (1890), “افندی”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 160

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