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
- (Lebanon) tangerine, mandarin orange (fruit)
Declension
| singular | singular invariable | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 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) | ||
| 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
References
- Wehr, Hans (1979) “أفندي”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN