قرصان
Arabic
FWOTD – 19 September 2022
Etymology
Likely via Italian corsale (“corsair, privateer”)[1] from Medieval Latin cursārius (“pirate, sea-raider”), from Latin cursus (“course, a running; plunder, hostile inroad”),[2] with the Arabic + ـَان (-ān) suffix. Cognate with English corsair or German Korsar. With the derived terms قَرْصَنَ (qarṣana) and قَرْصَنَة (qarṣana) it forms a root ق ر ص ن (q r ṣ n).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /qur.sˤaːn/
- (Hijazi) IPA(key): [ɡʊr.sˤaːn], [qʊr.sˤaːn]
Noun
قُرْصَان • (qurṣān) m (plural قَرَاصِنَة (qarāṣina) or قَرَاصِين (qarāṣīn))
- pirate, sea-raider
- (computing) pirate; cracker; hacker
- 2017 July 2, Abdelaali Es-Salmi, “تعرف على أنواع الهكر أو المخترقون [Know the types of hackers or crackers]”, in At-Tiqniyy[1], archived from the original on 6 February 2018:
- اكر أو قرصان أو مخترق (بالإنجليزية: Hacker) يوصف بأسود إن كان مخرب وأبيض إن كان يساعد على أمان الشبكة ورمادي إن كان مجهول الهوية، عموما كلمة توصف المختص المتمكن من مهارات في مجال الحاسوب وأمن المعلوماتية.
- A hacker or corsair or cracker (in English: hacker) is called black when he destroys, white when he helps security of networks, and gray when he is of unknown identity, in general the word denotes someone specialized in obtaining skills in the computer field and information security.
- 2018 September 27, “فيروبوت.. قرصان إلكتروني يطالبك بـ520 دولارا [Electronic see-raider demands 520 dollar]”, in Al-Jazeera[2]:
Declension
| singular | basic singular triptote | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | construct | |
| informal | قُرْصَان qurṣān |
الْقُرْصَان al-qurṣān |
قُرْصَان qurṣān |
| nominative | قُرْصَانٌ qurṣānun |
الْقُرْصَانُ al-qurṣānu |
قُرْصَانُ qurṣānu |
| accusative | قُرْصَانًا qurṣānan |
الْقُرْصَانَ al-qurṣāna |
قُرْصَانَ qurṣāna |
| genitive | قُرْصَانٍ qurṣānin |
الْقُرْصَانِ al-qurṣāni |
قُرْصَانِ qurṣāni |
| dual | indefinite | definite | construct |
| informal | قُرْصَانَيْن qurṣānayn |
الْقُرْصَانَيْن al-qurṣānayn |
قُرْصَانَيْ qurṣānay |
| nominative | قُرْصَانَانِ qurṣānāni |
الْقُرْصَانَانِ al-qurṣānāni |
قُرْصَانَا qurṣānā |
| accusative | قُرْصَانَيْنِ qurṣānayni |
الْقُرْصَانَيْنِ al-qurṣānayni |
قُرْصَانَيْ qurṣānay |
| genitive | قُرْصَانَيْنِ qurṣānayni |
الْقُرْصَانَيْنِ al-qurṣānayni |
قُرْصَانَيْ qurṣānay |
| plural | broken plural triptote in ـَة (-a); basic broken plural diptote | ||
| indefinite | definite | construct | |
| informal | قَرَاصِنَة; قَرَاصِين qarāṣina; qarāṣīn |
الْقَرَاصِنَة; الْقَرَاصِين al-qarāṣina; al-qarāṣīn |
قَرَاصِنَة; قَرَاصِين qarāṣinat; qarāṣīn |
| nominative | قَرَاصِنَةٌ; قَرَاصِينُ qarāṣinatun; qarāṣīnu |
الْقَرَاصِنَةُ; الْقَرَاصِينُ al-qarāṣinatu; al-qarāṣīnu |
قَرَاصِنَةُ; قَرَاصِينُ qarāṣinatu; qarāṣīnu |
| accusative | قَرَاصِنَةً; قَرَاصِينَ qarāṣinatan; qarāṣīna |
الْقَرَاصِنَةَ; الْقَرَاصِينَ al-qarāṣinata; al-qarāṣīna |
قَرَاصِنَةَ; قَرَاصِينَ qarāṣinata; qarāṣīna |
| genitive | قَرَاصِنَةٍ; قَرَاصِينَ qarāṣinatin; qarāṣīna |
الْقَرَاصِنَةِ; الْقَرَاصِينِ al-qarāṣinati; al-qarāṣīni |
قَرَاصِنَةِ; قَرَاصِينِ qarāṣinati; qarāṣīni |
Derived terms
References
Ottoman Turkish
Alternative forms
- قورصان
Etymology
From Arabic قُرْصَان (qurṣān, “pirate”), from Italian corsale (“corsair, privateer”), from Medieval Latin cursārius (“pirate, sea-raider”), from Latin cursus (“course, a running; plunder, hostile inroad”). Doublet of قرصار (korsar).
Noun
قرصان • (korsan)
Derived terms
- قرصانلق (korsanlık, “piracy”)
- قرصانلق اتمك (korsanlık etmek, “to pirate”)
Descendants
- Turkish: korsan
References
- Hindoglu, Artin (1838) “قرصان”, in Hazine-i lûgat ou dictionnaire abrégé turc-français[3], Vienna: F. Beck, page 361i