Arabic edit

 
قُرْصَان

Etymology edit

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 edit

  • IPA(key): /qur.sˤaːn/
  • (Hijazi) IPA(key): [ɡʊr.sˤaːn], [qʊr.sˤaːn]

Noun edit

قُرْصَان (qurṣānm (plural قَرَاصِنَة (qarāṣina) or قَرَاصِين (qarāṣīn))

  1. pirate, sea-raider
  2. (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 edit

Derived terms edit

References edit

  1. ^ “Corsair” in E. J. Van Donzel (1994): Islamic Desk Reference. Compiled from the Encyclopedia of Islam. E.J. Brill: Leiden, Netherlands, page 74.
  2. ^ J. E. Wansborough (1996), Lingua Franca in the Mediterranean, Curzon Press, page 165.

Ottoman Turkish edit

Etymology edit

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 edit

قرصان (korsan)

  1. pirate, corsair.

Derived terms edit

Descendants edit

  • Turkish: korsan

References edit