handasa
engineering
هَنْدَسَة
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ه ن د سIn the library
الدِّرَاسَةُ فِي كُلِّيَّةِ الْهَنْدَسَةِ صَعْبَةٌ، لٰكِنَّ الْأَسَاتِذَةَ صَبُورُونَ، وَيُسَاعِدُونَنَا كَثِيرًا.
A letter home from abroad, page 1 →From the same root
All words from ه ن د س →Lane's Lexicon
Arabic–English, 1863–93 · 2 entries-
هَنْدَسَةٌ art of determining the measures and proportions of subterranean channels for water
[The art of determining the measures and proportions of subterranean channels for water: and hence, the art of architecture: and the practice, and science, of geometry:] a subst. from مُهَنْدِسٌ, q. v. (S, K.) -
مُهَنْدِسٌ One who determines the measures and proportions of subterranean channels for water
One who determines the measures and proportions of subterranean channels for water: [and hence, an architect: and a geometrician: derived from هِنْدَازٌ, (S, K,) which is Persian [in origin], (S,) arabicized from آبْ أَنْدَازْ; (K;) انداز signifying “ the act of measuring, ” and آب signifying “ water; ” (TA;) the ز being changed into س because there is not in the [genuine] language of the Arabs a ز after د. (S, K.)
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