a man of high education or social standing in an eastern Mediterranean or Arab country (地中海东部或阿拉伯国家接受过高等教育或有地位的)上流社会人士 ■(historical)a title of respect or courtesy in Turkey (史)先生,老爷,长官(土耳其对人的尊称)
语源
early 17th cent.: from Turkish efendi, from modern Greek aphentēs, from Greek authentēs 'lord, master'