әфәнде

Etymology
Via Volga Turki, from (compare modern Turkish, also possibly mediated by  ), from , vocative of , from.

Cognate with 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬/, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬.

The peculiar meaning of "eccentric person" in Central Asian languages evolved as this term had become the alias of Nasreddin Afandi, a literary сharacter known for his eccentricity.

Noun

 * 1) Honorific address on an adult male; mister, sir

Noun

 * 1) mister, sir.