әфәнде
Bashkir
Etymology
Via Volga Turki, from Ottoman Turkish أفندي (efendi) (compare modern Turkish efendi, also possibly mediated by Arabic أَفَنْدِي (ʾafandī)), from Greek αφέντη (afénti), vocative of αφέντης (aféntis), from Ancient Greek αὐθέντης (authéntēs, “lord, master”).
Cognate withKazakh әпенді (äpendi, “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 • (äfände)
- Honorific address on an adult male; mister, sir
Declension
Inflection of әфәнде (äfände)
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| absolute | әфәнде (äfände) | әфәнделәр (äfändelär) |
| definite genitive | әфәнденең (äfändeneñ) | әфәнделәрҙең (äfändelärðeñ) |
| dative | әфәндегә (äfändegä) | әфәнделәргә (äfändelärgä) |
| definite accusative | әфәндене (äfändene) | әфәнделәрҙе (äfändelärðe) |
| locative | әфәнделә (äfändelä) | әфәнделәрҙә (äfändelärðä) |
| ablative | әфәнденән (äfändenän) | әфәнделәрҙән (äfändelärðän) |
Tatar
Noun
әфәнде • (äfände)
- mister, sir.