Editing Nasreddin (section)

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Many peoples of the [[Near East|Near]], Middle East, South Asia and Central Asia claim Nasreddin as their own (e.g., Turks,<ref name="nasruddin">The outrageous Wisdom of Nasruddin, ''[https://www.nasruddin.org/ Mullah Nasruddin] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070529214313/https://www.nasruddin.org/ |date=29 May 2007 }}''. Retrieved 19 February 2007.</ref><ref name="Nasreddin Hoca">{{Cite web |title=Nasreddin Hoca |url=https://www.kultur.gov.tr/EN/BelgeGoster.aspx?17A16AE30572D3138DF7C92FCA5B4D0584F186FD0FCCD518 |publisher=Republic of Turkey Ministry of Culture and Tourism |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070929091512/https://www.kultur.gov.tr/EN/BelgeGoster.aspx?17A16AE30572D3138DF7C92FCA5B4D0584F186FD0FCCD518 |archive-date=29 September 2007 |access-date=28 December 2006}}</ref><ref name="sysinia">[https://www.sysindia.com/emagazine/mulla/mulla.html Sysindia.com] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070218094252/https://www.sysindia.com/emagazine/mulla/mulla.html |date=18 February 2007 }}, Mulla Nasreddin Stories. Retrieved 20 February 2007.</ref><ref>[https://www.silk-road.com/folklore/nasreddin.html Silk-road.com] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080512095849/https://www.silk-road.com/folklore/nasreddin.html |date=12 May 2008 }}, Nasreddin Hoca</ref> Afghans,<ref name=sysinia /> Iranians,<ref name=nasruddin /><ref>{{Cite web |title=First Iranian Mullah who Was a Master in Anecdotes |url=https://www.iranian.ws/iran_news/publish/printer_28786.shtml |work=Persian Journal |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304061136/https://www.iranian.ws/iran_news/publish/printer_28786.shtml |archive-date=4 March 2016 |access-date=26 July 2009}}</ref> and Uzbeks).<ref name="psiche">{{Cite book |last=Fiorentini |first=Gianpaolo |title=Storie di Nasreddin |publisher=Libreria Editrice Psiche |year=2004 |isbn=978-88-85142-71-8 |location=Toronto |chapter=Nasreddin, una biografia possibile |access-date=28 December 2006 |chapter-url=https://www.psiche.info/estratti/psiche/StorieDiNasreddin.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040407123310/https://www.psiche.info/estratti/psiche/StorieDiNasreddin.htm |archive-date=7 April 2004 |url-status=dead}}</ref> His name is spelt in a wide variety of ways: ''Nastradin'',  ''Nasrudeen'', ''Nasrudin'', ''Nasruddin'', ''Nasriddin'', ''Nasr ud-Din'', ''Nasredin'', ''Nasiruddin,'' ''Naseeruddin'', ''Nasr&nbsp;Eddin'', ''Nastradhin'', ''Nasreddine'', ''Nastratin'', ''Nusrettin'', ''Nasrettin'', ''Nostradin'', ''Nastradin'' (lit.: [[Nasr (surname)|Victory]] of the [[Din (Arabic)|Deen]]) and ''Nazaruddin''. It is sometimes preceded or followed by a title or honorific used in the corresponding cultures: "Hoxha", "Khwaje", "Koja", "[[Khoja (Turkestan)|Hodja]]", "Hoja", "Hojja", "Hodscha", "Hodža", "Hoca", "Hocca","Hooka",
"Hogea", "[[Mullah]]", "Mulla", "Mula", "Molla", "[[Efendi]]", "Afandi", "Ependi" ({{lang|ar|أفندي}} '''afandī''), "[[Hajji]]". In several cultures he is named by the title alone.

In Arabic-speaking countries this character is known as "Juha", "Jiha", "Djoha", "Djuha", "Dschuha", "Chotzas", "Goha" ({{lang|ar|جحا}} ''juḥā''). Juha was originally a separate folk character found in Arabic literature as early as the 9th century, and was widely popular by the 11th century.<ref>{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=MypbfKdMePIC&pg=PA426 |title=Medieval Islamic Civilization: An Encyclopedia |year=2006 |isbn=978-0-415-96691-7 |editor-last=Josef W. Meri |volume=1: A–K |page=426|publisher=Taylor & Francis }}</ref> Lore of the two characters became amalgamated in the 19th century when collections were translated from Arabic into Turkish and Persian.<ref>{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=-sj5cJz0_OsC&pg=PA661 |title=The Greenwood Encyclopedia of Folktales and Fairy Tales |year=2008 |isbn=978-0-313-33443-6 |editor-last=Donald Haase |volume=2: G–P |page=661|publisher=Greenwood Press }}</ref>

In Sicily and Southern Italy he is known as "[[Giufà]]", derived from the Arabic character Juha. In Maltese, his name is 'Ġaħan'.

In the [[Swahili people|Swahili]] and [[Indonesia]]n culture, many of his stories are being told under the name of "Abunuwasi" or "Abunawas", though this confuses Nasreddin with an entirely different man – the poet [[Abu Nuwas]], known for [[Homoerotic poetry|homoerotic verse]].

[[File:驴背上的阿凡提.jpg|thumb|Statue of Afanti in Xinjiang, China]]
In China, where stories of him are well known, he is known by the various [[transliteration]]s from his [[Uyghur language|Uyghur]] name, [[:wikt:阿凡提|阿凡提]] (Āfántí) and 阿方提 (Āfāngtí). The Uyghurs believe that he was from [[Xinjiang]], while the [[Uzbeks]] believe he was from [[Bukhara]].<ref name=fedai /> Shanghai Animation Film Studio produced a 13-episode Nasreddin related animation called 'The Story of Afanti'/ 阿凡提 in 1979, which became one of the most influential animations in China's history. The musical Nasirdin Apandim features the legend of Nasreddin [[effendi]] ("sir, lord"), largely sourced from Uyghur folklore.

In [[Central Asia]], he is commonly known as "Afandi" or "Afanti". The Central Asian peoples also claim his local origin, as do Uyghurs.

Afandi or Afanti originates from Turkish "Efendi" ([[Effendi]]) and this is a title still used to show respect in Turkey. The combination "Hoja Efendi" is used in Turkey very often for the Muslim scholars in modern times as well. The word "Efendi" is ultimately derived from Greek "Authentes" (αὐθέντης) into Turkish.  "Nasreddin Hoja Efendi" was shortened as "Efendi" in time. Subsequently "Efendi" happened to be the proper name as "Affandi" in Central Asia for Nasreddin Hoja.