efendi

See also: efendî and efêndi

Turkish

Etymology

From Greek αφέντης (aféntis), from Ancient Greek αὐθέντης (authéntēs). Doublet of otantik.

Noun

efendi (definite accusative efendiyi, plural efendiler)

1. master, sir

Declension

Inflection
Nominative	efendi
Definite accusative	efendiyi
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	efendi	efendiler
Definite accusative	efendiyi	efendileri
Dative	efendiye	efendilere
Locative	efendide	efendilerde
Ablative	efendiden	efendilerden
Genitive	efendinin	efendilerin
Possessive forms Nominative Singular Plural 1st singular efendim efendilerim 2nd singular efendin efendilerin 3rd singular efendisi efendileri 1st plural efendimiz efendilerimiz 2nd plural efendiniz efendileriniz 3rd plural efendileri efendileri Definite accusative Singular Plural 1st singular efendimi efendilerimi 2nd singular efendini efendilerini 3rd singular efendisini efendilerini 1st plural efendimizi efendilerimizi 2nd plural efendinizi efendilerinizi 3rd plural efendilerini efendilerini Dative Singular Plural 1st singular efendime efendilerime 2nd singular efendine efendilerine 3rd singular efendisine efendilerine 1st plural efendimize efendilerimize 2nd plural efendinize efendilerinize 3rd plural efendilerine efendilerine Locative Singular Plural 1st singular efendimde efendilerimde 2nd singular efendinde efendilerinde 3rd singular efendisinde efendilerinde 1st plural efendimizde efendilerimizde 2nd plural efendinizde efendilerinizde 3rd plural efendilerinde efendilerinde Ablative Singular Plural 1st singular efendimden efendilerimden 2nd singular efendinden efendilerinden 3rd singular efendisinden efendilerinden 1st plural efendimizden efendilerimizden 2nd plural efendinizden efendilerinizden 3rd plural efendilerinden efendilerinden Genitive Singular Plural 1st singular efendimin efendilerimin 2nd singular efendinin efendilerinin 3rd singular efendisinin efendilerinin 1st plural efendimizin efendilerimizin 2nd plural efendinizin efendilerinizin 3rd plural efendilerinin efendilerinin
Predicative forms Singular Plural 1st singular efendiyim efendilerim 2nd singular efendisin efendilersin 3rd singular efendi efendidir efendiler efendilerdir 1st plural efendiyiz efendileriz 2nd plural efendisiniz efendilersiniz 3rd plural efendiler efendilerdir

Derived terms

• beyefendi (“Sir”)
• hanımefendi (“Ma'am”)