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هَنْدَسَة
engineering /ˈhæn.dæ.sa/
nounB2#4200 most common
Also: geometry, engineering design
Example sentences
أَدْرُسُ الهَنْدَسَةَ فِي الجَامِعَةِ.
I study engineering at the university.
هَنْدَسَةُ الكَمْبِيُوتَرِ مَادَّةٌ صَعْبَةٌ.
Computer engineering is a difficult subject.
تَخَرَّجَ أَخِي فِي الهَنْدَسَةِ المَدَنِيَّةِ العَامَ المَاضِي.
My brother graduated in civil engineering last year.
تَعْتَمِدُ الهَنْدَسَةُ المِعْمَارِيَّةُ الحَدِيثَةُ عَلَى مَوَادَّ خَفِيفَةٍ وَمُتِينَةٍ.
Modern architectural engineering relies on light, durable materials.
أَحْدَثَتِ الهَنْدَسَةُ الوِرَاثِيَّةُ ثَوْرَةً فِي مَجَالِ الطِّبِّ.
Genetic engineering caused a revolution in the field of medicine.
لَا يُمْكِنُ فَصْلُ تَطَوُّرِ الهَنْدَسَةِ عَنِ التَّقَدُّمِ العِلْمِيِّ وَالتِّقَنِيِّ عَبْرَ التَّارِيخِ.
The development of engineering cannot be separated from scientific and technical progress throughout history.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | هَنْدَسَةٌ | هَنْدَسَاتٌ |
| Genitive | هَنْدَسَةٍ | هَنْدَسَاتٍ |
| Accusative | هَنْدَسَةً | هَنْدَسَاتٍ |
| Vocative | يَا هَنْدَسَةُ | يَا هَنْدَسَاتُ |
Word family
مُهَنْدِسengineer (person)
هَنْدَسَto engineer, to design
هَنْدَسِيّengineering-related, geometric
هَنْدَسَة مِعْمَارِيَّةarchitecture
Etymology
The root h-n-d-s is not native to Arabic. Classical lexicographers trace it to the Persian word andāza, meaning measurement or proportion. Arabic speakers reshaped this loan into a native-looking four-consonant root and built a verb, handasa, meaning to measure out or design, from it. The noun هَنْدَسَة is the verbal noun of that verb, and it first meant geometry before its sense widened to cover engineering in general.
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