مُهَنْدِسٌ

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مُهَنْدِسٌ One who determines the measures and proportions of subterranean channels for water: [and hence, an architect: and a geometrician: derived from هِنْدَازٌ, which is Persian [in origin], arabicized from آبْ أَنْدَازْ; انداز signifying “ the act of measuring, ” and آب signifying “ water; ” the ز being changed into س because there is not in the [genuine] language of the Arabs a ز after د.

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