mendis

Albanian

Alternative forms

• mendiz, myhendis, muhendis

Etymology

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish مهندس (mühendis), contaminated with mendje (“mind”).

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -is

Noun

mendis m (dialectal or archaic)

1. engineer, master builder

   Synonym: inxhinier

References

• Mann, S. E. (1948) “mendís”, in An Historical Albanian–English Dictionary, London: Longmans, Green & Co., page 276b
• Bufli, G., Rocchi, L. (2021) “*myhendis”, in A historical-etymological dictionary of Turkisms in Albanian (1555–1954), Trieste: Edizioni Università di Trieste, page 322

Esperanto

Verb

mendis

1. past of mendi

Latin

Noun

mendīs

1. dative/ablative plural of menda