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

So his place began to be frequented by effendis in tarboosh and semi-European clothes, who could chew the cud of bitterness aloud between walls that the crusaders had built four feet thick.

From Jimgrim and Allah's Peace by Mundy, Talbot

Then, "The road to the country of the Wandis is no journey for effendis," he said.

From Rosa Mundi and Other Stories by Dell, Ethel M. (Ethel May)