قرصان

Arabic

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.sˁaːn/

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:
  
  ‏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
Singular	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
Plural	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

قَرْصَنَ‎ (qarṣana, “to cruise as a pirate”)
قَرْصَنَة‎ f (qarṣana, “piracy”)

References

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

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[1] “Corsair” in E. J. Van Donzel (1994): Islamic Desk Reference. Compiled from the Encyclopedia of Islam. E.J. Brill: Leiden, Netherlands, page 74.

[Lingua_Franca-2] J. E. Wansborough (1996), Lingua Franca in the Mediterranean, Curzon Press, page 165.