Where does “باش مهندس” come from?

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

باش مهندس (Ottoman Turkish): chief engineer

Definitions

  1. chief engineer

Ancestry of “باش مهندس”, step by step

باش مهندس traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Ottoman Turkish مهندس

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

via Ottoman Turkish باش

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ottoman Turkishباشhead; chief, master, leader, head; prow, bow,...
2Old Anatolian Turkishبَاشْ—
3Proto-Turkicbaĺčhead; beginning

Words derived from “باش مهندس”

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