আফেন্দী

Bengali

Alternative forms

  • আফেন্দি (aphendi)

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian اَفَنْدِی (afandī), from Ottoman Turkish افندی (efendi).

Proper noun

আফেন্দী • (aphendi)

  1. a surname, Afendi, from Turkish

Noun

আফেন্দী • (aphendi)

  1. effendi, an educated or well-respected man of the Ottoman Empire.
  2. A title of respect or courtesy in Turkey or a former Ottoman territory.

Inflection

indefinite forms
nominative আফেন্দী (aphendi)
objective আফেন্দীকে (aphendi (semantically general or indefinite) / aphendike (semantically definite))
genitive আফেন্দীের (aphendier)
definite forms
singular plural
nominative আফেন্দীটা, আফেন্দীটি (aphendiṭa (colloquial), aphendiṭi (formal)) আফেন্দীেরা (aphendiera)
objective আফেন্দীটাকে, আফেন্দীটিকে (aphendiṭake (colloquial), aphendiṭike (formal)) আফেন্দীদের(কে) (aphendider(ke))
genitive আফেন্দীটার, আফেন্দীটির (aphendiṭar (colloquial), aphendiṭir (formal)) আফেন্দীদের (aphendider)
Objective Note: In some dialects, -রে (-re) marks this case instead of -কে (-ke).

References

  • “আফেন্দি”, in Accessible Dictionary [Bengali-English], Bangladesh: Young Power in Social Action (YPSA), 2018.
  • “আফেন্দি”, in Accessible Dictionary [Bengali-Bengali], Bangladesh: Young Power in Social Action (YPSA), 2018.
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