efe

efe f (plural efes)

1. The name of the Latin-script letter F.

• IPA^(key): /efe/, [e̞.fe̞]

efe inan

1. The name of the Latin-script letter F.

• (Latin-script letter names) a, be, ze, de, e, efe, ge, hatxe, i, jota, ka, ele, eme, ene, eñe, o, pe, ku, erre, ese, te, u, uve, uve bikoitz, ixa, i greko, zeta

efe f (plural efes)

1. (Valencia) Alternative form of efa

• “efe” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.

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efe m (plural efes)

1. The name of the Latin-script letter F.

• Hyphenation: e‧fe

efe m (plural efes)

1. The name of the Latin-script letter F.

• IPA^(key): /ˈefe/ [ˈe.fe]

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• Rhymes: -efe
• Syllabification: e‧fe

efe f (plural efes)

1. The name of the Latin-script letter F.

• “efe”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

From Ottoman Turkish افه‎. Two origins have been proposed, both ultimately from Greek, and both may be correct for different senses. Plausibly giving the sense of brother, from Greek έφηβος (éfivos, “adolescent”) from Ancient Greek ἔφηβος (éphēbos, “adolescent”). In the sense of brave, a clipping of efendim (Ancient Greek αὐθέντης (authéntēs)) used among the Zeybeks to address each other, then to describe the Zeybeks, then to describe their perceived qualities.

• IPA^(key): /eˈfe/
• Homophone: Efe
• Hyphenation: e‧fe

efe (definite accusative efeyi, plural efeler)

1. brave person; roughneck
2. elder brother

• Efe

• Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007), “efe”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 2, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 1366
• Kélékian, Diran (1911), “افه”, in Dictionnaire turc-français, Constantinople: Mihran, page 121
• Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–), “efe”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
• Avery, Robert et al., editors (2013) The Redhouse Dictionary Turkish/Ottoman English, 21st edition, Istanbul: Sev Yayıncılık, →ISBN