afande

Swahili

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afande

Etymology

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish افندی (efendi) (modern Turkish efendi),^[1]^[2] which was used as a rank of non-European officer in several military forces in colonial Africa.

Pronunciation

Audio (Kenya): (file)

Noun

afande class V (plural maafande class VI)

a high-ranking soldier
sir (polite term of address, principally used with military men)

References

^ Lodhi, Abdulaziz Y. (2004) “Convergence of Languages on the East African Coast”, in Éva Ágnes Csató, Bo Isaksson, Carina Jahani, editors, Convergence of Languages on the East African Coast, London: Routledge, →DOI, →ISBN, pages 359-374
^ Lodhi, Abdulaziz Y. (2013) “The Baluchi of East Africa: Dynamics of Assimilation and Integration”, in The Journal of the Middle East and Africa‎^[1], volume 4, number 2, →DOI, page 133 of 127-134

[1] Lodhi, Abdulaziz Y. (2004) “Convergence of Languages on the East African Coast”, in Éva Ágnes Csató, Bo Isaksson, Carina Jahani, editors, Convergence of Languages on the East African Coast, London: Routledge, →DOI, →ISBN, pages 359-374

[2] Lodhi, Abdulaziz Y. (2013) “The Baluchi of East Africa: Dynamics of Assimilation and Integration”, in The Journal of the Middle East and Africa‎^[1], volume 4, number 2, →DOI, page 133 of 127-134

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