Example Sentences

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The style may be Western, but Mr Erbil stress that what they are doing mixes "modernity" and cultural heritage, by harking back to the lifestyles of the traditional Kurdish landowning class, the effendis.

From BBC • Jan. 21, 2017

In days past, the "effendis" - literally, "lord" or "master" - would dress in their finest clothes to attend cultural salons or visit tea shops.

From BBC • Jan. 21, 2017

Fat effendis in tasseled tarbooshes and doublebreasted business suits were streaming from Jerusalem in new American sedans that swayed under the load of rolled-up Turkish rugs and bundled household goods.

From Time Magazine Archive

But the most prevailing opinion, if you search into the secret of the effendis, is, plain deism.

From Letters of the Right Honourable Lady M—y W—y M—e Written during Her Travels in Europe, Asia and Africa to Persons of Distinction, Men of Letters, &c. in Different Parts of Europe by Montagu, Mary Wortley, Lady

Let the English effendis go, and not touch the ruins again.”

From Yussuf the Guide The Mountain Bandits; Strange Adventure in Asia Minor by Schonberg, John