Where does “باشمهندس” come from?

باشمهندس (Egyptian Arabic) comes from Ottoman Turkish باش مهندس, from Ottoman Turkish مهندس, from Arabic مُهَنْدِس, from Arabic هَنْدَسَة, from Arabic هَنْدَزَة, from Arabic هَنْدَاز, from Middle Persian handʾc-.

باشمهندس (Egyptian Arabic): honorific nickname for an engineer

Definitions

  1. honorific nickname for an engineer

Ancestry of “باشمهندس”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ottoman Turkishباش مهندسchief engineer
2Ottoman Turkishمهندسgeometrician
3Arabicمُهَنْدِس—
4Arabicهَنْدَسَةgeometry, architecture, engineering; engineering
5Arabicهَنْدَزَة—
6Arabicهَنْدَاز—
7Middle Persianhandʾc-—

Words derived from “باشمهندس”

Every word from Middle Persian handʾc- →Every word from Arabic هَنْدَاز →Every word from Arabic هَنْدَزَة →