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Where does “mühendis” come from?

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

mühendis (Turkish): engineer

Definitions

  1. engineer

Ancestry of “mühendis”, step by step

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

Words derived from “mühendis”

  • mühendislik
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