mechanics (field of study) · mechanism (mechanical construction making a part or device work) · mechanism, mechanic (function in a rules-based system or model)
mechanical (of or pertaining to a machine) · mechanical, lifeless
çekim: çoğul mécaniques
eş: automatique, machinal
köken: Learned borrowing from Latin mechanicus (“of or belonging to machines”), itself borrowed from Ancient Greek μηχανικός (mēkhanikós, “pertaining to machines”), from μηχανή (mēkhanḗ, “a machine, contrivance”) (whence machine).
Sino-Vietnamese word from 機學, composed of 機 (“mechanic, machine”) and 學 (“study”). Probably a calque from a European language, compare Khmer យន្តសាស្ត្រ (yŭəntaʼsaah), Thai กลศาสตร์ (gon-lá-sàat), both mean "science/study of machines". Note that the etymological equivalent of Chinese 力學 /力学 (lìxué), Korean 역학 (yeokhak), Japanese 力学 (rikigaku), in Vietnamese (*lực học) is pretty much not used in…