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43: 100: 108: 743: 559:'s commission, as white commissioned officers were. Effendis had no authority over white troops. In the Schutztruppe this rank was used, together with other ranks of Ottoman origin like "Tschausch" (sergeant) and "Ombascha" (corporal). During the First World War askari NCOs were promoted to the rank of Effendi for exemplary service and leadership. 497:. These units entered East Africa with some officers who brought their title of effendi with them and, thus, it continued to be used for non-European officers of the two colonial forces. Up to the present the Swahili form 1164: 258:, and is commonplace in formal discourse, when answering the telephone, and can substitute for "excuse me" in some situations (e.g. asking someone to repeat something). 224:. 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 979:
See entry "Afande" in TUKI KAMUSI YA KISWAHILI-KIINGEREZA, by Taasisi ya Uchunguzi wa Kiswahili, Chuo Kikuu cha Dar es Salaam; Toleo la 1 Edition (January 1, 2001),
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units until 1961 (from then, promotions to commissioned officers became possible). They were equivalent to the
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were built from a stock of Sudanese soldiers of the Egyptian army, which was nominally under the
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One or more of the preceding sentences incorporates text from a publication now in the
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The title itself and its other forms are originally derived from Medieval Greek
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Figurine of an effendi, circa 1770, hard-paste porcelain, height: 10.8 cm,
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The Republican Turkish authorities abolished the title circa the 1930s.
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Langenscheidt's Universal Dictionary, Turkish-English, English-Turkish
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has one composition named "Effendi". It appears on his debut album,
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era, the most common title affixed to a personal name after that of
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It is a title of respect or courtesy, equivalent to the English
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A Nation of Empire: The Ottoman Legacy of Turkish Modernity
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Tang China And The Collapse Of The Uighur Empire: A History
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The 1964 Army Mutinies And The Making Of Modern East Africa
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also use "Effendi" or a variant "Affandi" as their surname.
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nobles as late as 1465, such as in the letters of Cardinal
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Baranovitch, Nimrod. "From the Margins to the Center."
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Titles in Bosnia and Herzegovina during Ottoman period
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Effendi was also a non-European's officer rank in the
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Metropolitan Museum of Art
Turkish
[eˈfændi]
Ottoman Turkish
افندی
romanized
Medieval Greek
αφέντης
[aˈfendis]
sir
lord
master
Ancient Greek
Sir
Ottoman Empire
Byzantine Empire
bey
pasha
sultan
possessive
slaves

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