korsan

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pirate
privateer

Pircarînî

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[koɾsan]

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قرصان

In summary

From Ottoman Turkish قرصان (korsan, “pirate”), 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 kurs and kur.