| 释义 |
‖ effendi|ɛˈfɛndɪ|
Also 7 aphendis, 9 efendee.
[Turkish efendī, a corruption of Gr. αὐθέντης (pronounced afˈθendis) lord, master.]
A Turkish title of respect, chiefly applied to government officials and to members of the learned professions.
1614Selden Titles Hon. 381 Their aphendis written also by the later Greeks ἀϕένδης is corrupted from αυθεντης, i. Lord. 1688Lond. Gaz. No. 2313/2 Nachis Effendi (who is the chief of those that wear a Green Turbant, as being descended from Mahomet). 1716Lady M. W. Montague Lett. (1825) 207 He assembled the chief effendis or heads of the law. 1732Eames in Phil. Trans. XXXVII. 340 It has the Imprimatur..of a Turkish Divine, and three Effendies. 1814W. Brown Hist. Propag. Chr. II. 535 The Effendis or doctors frankly confessed that they were unable to answer the arguments of the missionaries. |