effendi
/ɛˈfɛndi/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: 2.23 in modern English
14
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
3
Syllables
5
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
An educated or well-respected man in an eastern Mediterranean or Arab country; often used as a title of respect or courtesy in Turkey or a former Ottoman territory.
noun
The highest military rank attainable by African soldiers in several British and Imperial German colonial forces.
Example Sentences
- "The real problem of the Arabian population in Palestine is how to get rid of the economic domination and control by approximately 100 families of effendi who now own the land, keeping the fellaheen in obscurity and ignorance and subjecting them to merciless exploitation."
Etymology
Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish افندی (efendi), from Greek αφέντη (afénti), vocative of αφέντης (aféntis), from Ancient Greek αὐθέντης (authéntēs, “lord, master”). Doublet of authentic.
Origin
- Source language: Greek
Word Breakdown
- Root: αφέντη, αὐθέντης