قرصان

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Arabic

FWOTD – 19 September 2022
قُرْصَان

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

Noun

قُرْصَان • (qurṣān) m (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”, in At-Tiqniyy‎, 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”, in Al-Jazeera‎:

Declension

Declension of noun قُرْصَان (qurṣān)
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

  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

Alternative forms

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)

  1. pirate, corsair.

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Turkish: korsan

References

  • Hindoglu, Artin (1838) “قرصان”, in Hazine-i lûgat ou dictionnaire abrégé turc-français‎, Vienna: F. Beck, page 361i
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