korsan

Meaning

1. pirate
2. privateer

Hyphenated as

kor‧san

Pronounced as (IPA)

[koɾsan]

Etymology

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”).

Sentences

Venediklilerin elindeki İstendil adası Akdeniz yolu üzerinde olup korsan yatağı durumundaydı.

The island of Istendil, which was in the hands of the Venetians, was on the Mediterranean road and was in the form of a pirate bed.