gusar

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Uncertain; possibilities include:

• From Italian corsaro (“corsair”), from Medieval Latin cursarius (“pirate”), from Latin cursus (“running”), from currō (“run”), from Proto-Indo-European *kers- (“to run”). Cognate with English corsair.
• Borrowed from Byzantine Greek χωσάριος, χονσάριος (khōsários, khonsários).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡûsaːr/
• Hyphenation: gu‧sar

Noun

gȕsār m (Cyrillic spelling гу̏са̄р)

1. pirate, corsair

Declension

Declension of gusar

	singular	plural
nominative	gusar	gusari
genitive	gusara	gusara
dative	gusaru	gusarima
accusative	gusara	gusare
vocative	gusaru	gusari
locative	gusaru	gusarima
instrumental	gusarom	gusarima

Descendants

• → Hungarian: huszár
  • → French: hussard, houssard
    • → English: hussar
    • → Spanish: húsar
  • → German: Husar
    • → Dutch: huzaar
    • → Italian: ussaro
  • → Medieval Latin: husārō
  • → Polish: husarz
  • → Serbo-Croatian: hȕsār

Slovene

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡúːsar/

Noun

gȗsar m

1. pirate

Further reading

• “gusar”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran
• “gusar”, in Termania, Amebis
• See also the general references