قرصان

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

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 [Know the types of hackers or crackers]”, 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 [Electronic see-raider demands 520 dollar]”, 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

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
  • 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, Vienna: F. Beck, page 361i
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