Etymology
of Arabic words: the word الهيدروغرافية
means
Hydrographic/hydrography
(refers
to the mapping or charting of water's topographic
features)
and it is pronounced in Arabic very closely to
the greek word υδρογραφία
(idrografia) from which (via french) apparently derives.The greek word is composed from the word ύδωρ meaning water and the verb γράφω meaning to write. In Turkish is
hidrografi.