ID 028 • Sw – • NahḍCon • BP??? • APD … • © SG | 15Feb2021
√ʔFND
gentleman (when referring to non-Europeans wearing Western clothes and the tarboosh); (after the name) a title of respect (eg.) – WehrCowan1979.
▪ Rolland2014: from Tu efendi ‘master’, itself from popGrk aphéntēs ‘lord, master’, from Grk authéntēs ‘responsible author’.
▪ From the same Grk etymon from which Eur languages have authentic, authenticity, etc.
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