әфәнде

Bashkir

Etymology

Via Volga Turki, from Ottoman Turkish افندی (efendi) (compare modern Turkish efendi, also possibly mediated by Arabic أَفَنْدِي (ʔafandī)), from Greek αφέντη (afénti), vocative of αφέντης (aféntis), from Ancient Greek αὐθέντης (authéntēs, “lord, master”).

Cognate with Kazakh әпенді (äpendı, “eccentric person”), Kyrgyz апенде (apende)/апенди (apendi, “eccentric person”), Uzbek afandi (“honorific address; an eccentric person”), Uyghur ئەپەندى (ependi, “honorific address; an eccentric person”).

The peculiar meaning of "eccentric person" in Central Asian languages evolved as this term had become the alias of Nasreddin Afandi, a literary сharacter known for his eccentricity.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [æ.fæn.ˈdɪ̞]
• Hyphenation: ә‧фән‧де

Noun

әфәнде • (əfənde)

1. Honorific address on an adult male; mister, sir

Declension

Declension of әфәнде (əfənde)

	singular	plural
absolute	әфәнде (əfənde)	әфәнделәр (əfəndelər)
definite genitive	әфәнденең (əfəndeneñ)	әфәнделәрҙең (əfəndelərźeñ)
dative	әфәндегә (əfəndegə)	әфәнделәргә (əfəndelərgə)
definite accusative	әфәндене (əfəndene)	әфәнделәрҙе (əfəndelərźe)
locative	әфәнделә (əfəndelə)	әфәнделәрҙә (əfəndelərźə)
ablative	әфәнденән (əfəndenən)	әфәнделәрҙән (əfəndelərźən)

Tatar

Noun

әфәнде • (äfände)

1. mister, sir.