مهندس

See also: مہندس

Arabic

Root
ه ن د س (h n d s)
2 terms

Alternative forms

• مُهَنْدِز (muhandiz)

Etymology

From the root ه ن د س (h n d s), from هَنْدَسَة (handasa, “geometry, architecture, engineering”), from earlier هَنْدَزَة (handaza), from هَنْدَاز (handāz), borrowed from Middle Persian handʾc- (handāz-), hndʾhtn' (handāxtan, “to plan, allot, reckon, judge”), or hndʾck' (handāzag, “measure, manner”) (> Persian اندازه (andâza)). Has the form of a noun derived from the active participle.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mu.han.dis/

Noun

مُهَنْدِس • (muhandis) m (plural مُهَنْدِسُون (muhandisūn), feminine مُهَنْدِسَة (muhandisa))

1. geometer
2. architect
3. engineer
4. surveyor

Declension

Declension of noun مُهَنْدِس (muhandis)

singular	masculine			feminine
	basic singular triptote			singular triptote in ـَة (-a)
	indefinite	definite	construct	indefinite	definite	construct
informal	مُهَنْدِس muhandis	الْمُهَنْدِس al-muhandis	مُهَنْدِس muhandis	مُهَنْدِسَة muhandisa	الْمُهَنْدِسَة al-muhandisa	مُهَنْدِسَة muhandisat
nominative	مُهَنْدِسٌ muhandisun	الْمُهَنْدِسُ al-muhandisu	مُهَنْدِسُ muhandisu	مُهَنْدِسَةٌ muhandisatun	الْمُهَنْدِسَةُ al-muhandisatu	مُهَنْدِسَةُ muhandisatu
accusative	مُهَنْدِسًا muhandisan	الْمُهَنْدِسَ al-muhandisa	مُهَنْدِسَ muhandisa	مُهَنْدِسَةً muhandisatan	الْمُهَنْدِسَةَ al-muhandisata	مُهَنْدِسَةَ muhandisata
genitive	مُهَنْدِسٍ muhandisin	الْمُهَنْدِسِ al-muhandisi	مُهَنْدِسِ muhandisi	مُهَنْدِسَةٍ muhandisatin	الْمُهَنْدِسَةِ al-muhandisati	مُهَنْدِسَةِ muhandisati
dual	masculine			feminine
	indefinite	definite	construct	indefinite	definite	construct
informal	مُهَنْدِسَيْن muhandisayn	الْمُهَنْدِسَيْن al-muhandisayn	مُهَنْدِسَيْ muhandisay	مُهَنْدِسَتَيْن muhandisatayn	الْمُهَنْدِسَتَيْن al-muhandisatayn	مُهَنْدِسَتَيْ muhandisatay
nominative	مُهَنْدِسَانِ muhandisāni	الْمُهَنْدِسَانِ al-muhandisāni	مُهَنْدِسَا muhandisā	مُهَنْدِسَتَانِ muhandisatāni	الْمُهَنْدِسَتَانِ al-muhandisatāni	مُهَنْدِسَتَا muhandisatā
accusative	مُهَنْدِسَيْنِ muhandisayni	الْمُهَنْدِسَيْنِ al-muhandisayni	مُهَنْدِسَيْ muhandisay	مُهَنْدِسَتَيْنِ muhandisatayni	الْمُهَنْدِسَتَيْنِ al-muhandisatayni	مُهَنْدِسَتَيْ muhandisatay
genitive	مُهَنْدِسَيْنِ muhandisayni	الْمُهَنْدِسَيْنِ al-muhandisayni	مُهَنْدِسَيْ muhandisay	مُهَنْدِسَتَيْنِ muhandisatayni	الْمُهَنْدِسَتَيْنِ al-muhandisatayni	مُهَنْدِسَتَيْ muhandisatay
plural	masculine			feminine
	sound masculine plural			sound feminine plural
	indefinite	definite	construct	indefinite	definite	construct
informal	مُهَنْدِسِين muhandisīn	الْمُهَنْدِسِين al-muhandisīn	مُهَنْدِسِي muhandisī	مُهَنْدِسَات muhandisāt	الْمُهَنْدِسَات al-muhandisāt	مُهَنْدِسَات muhandisāt
nominative	مُهَنْدِسُونَ muhandisūna	الْمُهَنْدِسُونَ al-muhandisūna	مُهَنْدِسُو muhandisū	مُهَنْدِسَاتٌ muhandisātun	الْمُهَنْدِسَاتُ al-muhandisātu	مُهَنْدِسَاتُ muhandisātu
accusative	مُهَنْدِسِينَ muhandisīna	الْمُهَنْدِسِينَ al-muhandisīna	مُهَنْدِسِي muhandisī	مُهَنْدِسَاتٍ muhandisātin	الْمُهَنْدِسَاتِ al-muhandisāti	مُهَنْدِسَاتِ muhandisāti
genitive	مُهَنْدِسِينَ muhandisīna	الْمُهَنْدِسِينَ al-muhandisīna	مُهَنْدِسِي muhandisī	مُهَنْدِسَاتٍ muhandisātin	الْمُهَنْدِسَاتِ al-muhandisāti	مُهَنْدِسَاتِ muhandisāti

Descendants

• → Azerbaijani: mühəndis
• → Classical Persian: مُهَنْدِس (muhandis)
  • Iranian Persian: مهندس (mohandes)
• → Swahili: mhandisi
• → Ottoman Turkish: مهندس (mühendis)
  • Turkish: mühendis
  • → Albanian: mendis
  • → Aromanian: mindiz
  • → Serbo-Croatian: muhèndis / мухѐндис
• → Hebrew: מהנדס (mehandés)
• → Uzbek: muhandis

References

• Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884), “مهندس”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary‎^[1], London: W.H. Allen

Adjective

مُهَنْدِس • (muhandis) (feminine مُهَنْدِسَة (muhandisa), masculine plural مُهَنْدِسُون (muhandisūn), feminine plural مُهَنْدِسَات (muhandisāt))

1. experienced
2. clever

Declension

Declension of adjective مُهَنْدِس (muhandis)

singular	masculine		feminine
	basic singular triptote		singular triptote in ـَة (-a)
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
informal	مُهَنْدِس muhandis	الْمُهَنْدِس al-muhandis	مُهَنْدِسَة muhandisa	الْمُهَنْدِسَة al-muhandisa
nominative	مُهَنْدِسٌ muhandisun	الْمُهَنْدِسُ al-muhandisu	مُهَنْدِسَةٌ muhandisatun	الْمُهَنْدِسَةُ al-muhandisatu
accusative	مُهَنْدِسًا muhandisan	الْمُهَنْدِسَ al-muhandisa	مُهَنْدِسَةً muhandisatan	الْمُهَنْدِسَةَ al-muhandisata
genitive	مُهَنْدِسٍ muhandisin	الْمُهَنْدِسِ al-muhandisi	مُهَنْدِسَةٍ muhandisatin	الْمُهَنْدِسَةِ al-muhandisati
dual	masculine		feminine
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
informal	مُهَنْدِسَيْن muhandisayn	الْمُهَنْدِسَيْن al-muhandisayn	مُهَنْدِسَتَيْن muhandisatayn	الْمُهَنْدِسَتَيْن al-muhandisatayn
nominative	مُهَنْدِسَانِ muhandisāni	الْمُهَنْدِسَانِ al-muhandisāni	مُهَنْدِسَتَانِ muhandisatāni	الْمُهَنْدِسَتَانِ al-muhandisatāni
accusative	مُهَنْدِسَيْنِ muhandisayni	الْمُهَنْدِسَيْنِ al-muhandisayni	مُهَنْدِسَتَيْنِ muhandisatayni	الْمُهَنْدِسَتَيْنِ al-muhandisatayni
genitive	مُهَنْدِسَيْنِ muhandisayni	الْمُهَنْدِسَيْنِ al-muhandisayni	مُهَنْدِسَتَيْنِ muhandisatayni	الْمُهَنْدِسَتَيْنِ al-muhandisatayni
plural	masculine		feminine
	sound masculine plural		sound feminine plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
informal	مُهَنْدِسِين muhandisīn	الْمُهَنْدِسِين al-muhandisīn	مُهَنْدِسَات muhandisāt	الْمُهَنْدِسَات al-muhandisāt
nominative	مُهَنْدِسُونَ muhandisūna	الْمُهَنْدِسُونَ al-muhandisūna	مُهَنْدِسَاتٌ muhandisātun	الْمُهَنْدِسَاتُ al-muhandisātu
accusative	مُهَنْدِسِينَ muhandisīna	الْمُهَنْدِسِينَ al-muhandisīna	مُهَنْدِسَاتٍ muhandisātin	الْمُهَنْدِسَاتِ al-muhandisāti
genitive	مُهَنْدِسِينَ muhandisīna	الْمُهَنْدِسِينَ al-muhandisīna	مُهَنْدِسَاتٍ muhandisātin	الْمُهَنْدِسَاتِ al-muhandisāti

References

• Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884), “مهندس”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary‎^[2], London: W.H. Allen
• Wehr, Hans (1979), “هندس”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic مُهَنْدِس (muhandis).

Noun

مهندس • (mühendis)

1. geometrician
2. engineer, surveyor

Descendants

• Turkish: mühendis
• → Albanian: mendis
• → Aromanian: mindiz
• → Serbo-Croatian: muhèndis / мухѐндис

References

• Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–), “mühendis”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
• Redhouse, James W. (1890), “مهندس”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎^[3], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 2048

Persian

Alternative forms

• مهندز (mohandez) (archaic, rare)

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic مُهَنْدِس (muhandis) (see there for further information), ultimately from Middle Persian handʾc- (handāz-), hndʾhtn' (handāxtan, “to plan, allot, reckon, judge”), or hndʾck' (handāzag, “measure, manner”)

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /mu.han.ˈdis/

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [mo̞.ɦän̪.d̪ɪ́s]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [mo̞.ɦän̪.d̪ɪ́s]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [mɑːn̪.d̪ɪ́s]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [mɔːn̪.d̪ís]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [mo.ɦæn̪.d̪és]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [mu.ɦän̪.d̪ís]

Readings
Classical reading?	muhandis
Dari reading?	mohandis
Iranian reading?	mohandes
Tajik reading?	muhandis

• Audio (Iran):

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Noun

Dari	انجنیر, مهندس
Iranian Persian	مهندس
Tajik	муҳандис, инженер

مهندس • (muhandis / mohandes) (plural مهندسان (muhandisān / mohandesân), or مهندسین (mohandesin), or مهندس‌ها (muhandis-hā / mohandes-hâ), Tajik spelling муҳандис)

1. engineer
2. (informal, chiefly Iran, as a title of respect) Used to describe one who is educated; Dr., Mr., Sir, Lord.

   مهندس پارسا ― mohandes pârsâ ― Mr. Parsa

3. (archaic) geometer, geometrician
4. (archaic) architect
   • Rumi, Fihi Ma Fihi

   (The addition of quotations indicative of this usage is being sought:)

Derived terms

• مهندسی (mohandesi)

References

• MacKenzie, D. N. (1971), “handāz”, in A concise Pahlavi dictionary, London, New York, Toronto: Oxford University Press, page 42
• MacKenzie, D. N. (1971), “handāxtan”, in A concise Pahlavi dictionary, London, New York, Toronto: Oxford University Press, page 42
• MacKenzie, D. N. (1971), “handāzag”, in A concise Pahlavi dictionary, London, New York, Toronto: Oxford University Press, page 42
• Hayyim, Sulayman (1934), “م‍ﮩ‍ندس”, in New Persian–English dictionary, Teheran: Librairie-imprimerie Béroukhim
• Dehkhoda, Ali-Akbar (1931–), “مهندس”, in Dehkhoda Dictionary Institute, editors, Dehkhoda Dictionary (in Persian), Tehran: University of Tehran Press.