مهندس

See also: مہندس

Arabic

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 (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))

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
dual	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 مُهَنْدِسُونَ (muhandisūna), feminine plural مُهَنْدِسَات (muhandisāt))

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
dual	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)

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]
- (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): (file)

Noun

مهندس • (mohandes) (plural مهندسان, or مهندسین (mohandesin), or مهندس‌ها)

engineer
(informal, chiefly Iran, as a title of respect) Used to describe one who is educated; Dr., Mr., Sir, Lord.
― mohandes pârsâ ― Mr. Parsa
(archaic) geometer, geometrician
(archaic) architect
- Rumi, Fihi Ma Fihi

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