Where does “باش مهندس” come from?

باش مهندس (Hijazi Arabic) comes from Egyptian Arabic باشمهندس, 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-.

باش مهندس (Hijazi Arabic): honorific nickname for an engineer

Definitions

  1. honorific nickname for an engineer

Ancestry of “باش مهندس”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Egyptian Arabicباشمهندسhonorific nickname for an engineer
2Ottoman Turkishباش مهندسchief engineer
3Ottoman Turkishمهندسgeometrician
4Arabicمُهَنْدِس—
5Arabicهَنْدَسَةgeometry, architecture, engineering; engineering
6Arabicهَنْدَزَة—
7Arabicهَنْدَاز—
8Middle Persianhandʾc-—
Every word from Middle Persian handʾc- →Every word from Arabic هَنْدَاز →Every word from Arabic هَنْدَزَة →