مُهَنْدِسٌ
Root: هندس
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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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