  effendi, effendy or efendi (turkish: efendi, arabic: Ø£ÙÙØ¯Ù afandÄ«; , ) is a title of nobility meaning a lord or master.messiri, sawsan. "ibn al-balad: a concept of egyptian identity". brill publishers, 1997. page 5 it is a title of respect or courtesy, equivalent to the english sir, which was used in ottoman empire (turkey). it follows the personal name, when it is used, and is generally given to members of the learned professions and to government officials who have high ranks, such as bey or pasha. it may also indicate a definite office, as hekim efendi, chief physician to the sultan. the possessive form efendim (my master) is used by servants and in formal discourse. in the ottoman era, the most common title affixed to a personal name after that of agha was efendi. such a title would have indicated an "educated gentleman", hence by implication a graduate of a secular state school (rÃ¼Ådiye), even though at least some if not most of these efendis had once been religious students, or even religious teachers. the word itself is an adaption of the medieval greek afendÄs (Î±ÏÎ­Î½ÏÎ·Ï), from ancient greek authentÄs (), generally "lord, master".Î±á½Î¸Î­Î½ÏÎ·Ï, henry george liddell, robert scott, a greek-english lexicon, on perseuseffendi, on oxford dictionaries this word was widely used for byzantine nobles as late as 1465, such as in the letters of cardinal bessarion concerning the children of thomas paleologus.http://surprisedbytime.blogspot.co.uk/2014/07/bessarion-on-imperial-hangers-on.html ==other uses== * effendi () was also considered a title for a man of high education or social standing in an eastern (mediterranean or arab) country. it was a title of turkish origin, analogous to esquire, and junior to bey in egypt during the period of the muhammad ali dynasty.a glossary of titles in muhammad ali dynasty - definition of efendinassau william senior. [http://books.google.com/books?id=qkrcaaaaiaaj&hl=en&pgis=1 conversations and jour
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