আফেন্দী
Bengali
Alternative forms
- আফেন্দি (afendi)
Etymology
Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish افندی (“thousand”), from Byzantine Greek ἀφέντης (aphéntēs), from Ancient Greek αὐθέντης (authéntēs).
Noun
আফেন্দী • (afendī) (objective আফেন্দী or আফেন্দীকে, genitive আফেন্দীর, locative আফেন্দীতে)
- effendi; an educated or well-respected man of the Ottoman Empire
- A title of respect or courtesy in Turkey or a former Ottoman territory.
Proper noun
আফেন্দী • (afendī) (objective আফেন্দী or আফেন্দীকে, genitive আফেন্দীর)
- A surname from Turkish. Effendi
References
- Accessible Dictionary, “আফেন্দি” Bengali-English, Government of Bangladesh
- Accessible Dictionary, “আফেন্দি” Bengali-Bengali, Government of Bangladesh