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Subject: Re: Efendi
Author: gracesingh   (Authenticated as gracesingh)
Date: April 24, 2010 at 8:48:01 PM
Reply to: Efendi by Elf-Boy Dominic
it is a Turkish title meaning "Sir" or "an Educated Gentleman", and is ancestrally a Greek word, which came into Turkish through the Arabic language.

apparently it's a title, and not an actual surname.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Effendi

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