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Meaning of effendi | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C2 Specialized
/ɛˈfɛndi/

Definitions

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.

Equivalents

العربية أفندي
Deutsch Efendi Effendi
Ελληνικά εφέντης
Français éfendi effendi
Bahasa Indonesia Efendi
Italiano efendi effendi
日本語 エフェンディ
한국어 에펜디
Polski efendi
Português efêndi
Русский эфенди эффенди
Türkçe efendi

Examples

“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.”

CEFR level

C2
Mastery
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.

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