a snitch; telltale; informer; stool pigeon · a young goat that is between the ages of 6 months and one year old · a device that warns of an abnormality or draws attention to something
köken: Borrowed from a Germanic language, perhaps Gothic *𐍃𐍀𐌰𐌹𐌷𐌰 (*spaiha) or from a Frankish cognate, ultimately from Proto-Germanic *spehōną (“to see, look”). Cognates include obsolete French épie (“spy”), Spanish espía (“spy”), English spy and German spähen (“to peek, to spy”).
köken: Inherited from Middle Persian 𐭢𐭥𐭱 (gʿš /gōš/), from Old Persian 𐎥𐎢𐏁 (g-u-š /gauša/, “ear”), from Proto-Iranian *gáwšah, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *gʰáwšas, from Proto-Indo-European *gʰows- (“hear”). Indo-Iranian cognates include: Avestan 𐬔𐬀𐬊𐬱𐬀 (gaoša), Baluchi گوش (goš), Northern Kurdish guh, Ossetian хъус (qus) / гъос (ǧos), Sanskrit घोष (ghoṣa). Also compare Old Armenian գոյշ (goyš), an…
Someone who gathers knowledge, information or intelligence. · A scout or reconnoitrer (both literally and figurative). · A detective or investigator.
çekim: çoğul kunskapares · tamlayan kunskapares
köken: Affix of kunskapa (“spy”, verb) + -are (“-er”), derived from kunskap (“knowledge”) + -a (“-ing”). Thus, literally; "knowledginger". First attested in 1544. Compare Danish kundskaber, Middle Low German kuntschopper, Dutch kondschapper, German Kundschafter.
Jmedlertijdh hade beml. Hertige så wähl genom kunskapare som öfwerlöpare förnummit at Janißarerne och Spahij hade gjort ett upror, […]
Hugin och Munin nämns också i Mika Honkalinnas Korppiretki – de var asaguden Odens kunskapare.
Örgrytes kunskapare fick dock snabbt upp ögonen för pojkens enorma talang och som 17-åring enrollerades han definitivt i ÖIS A-lag.
agent (someone who works for an intelligence agency) · commission agent (agent entrusted with the possession of goods to be sold in the agent's name) · representative (company agent)
çekim: çoğul agenci · tamlayan agenta
eş: szpieg, wywiadowca
köken: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂eǵ- Proto-Indo-European *-eti Proto-Indo-European *h₂éǵeti Proto-Italic *agō Latin agō Latin agēnsder. German Agentbor. Polish agent Borrowed from German Agent. First attested in 1609. Doublet of agens.
köken: From explōrāre (“to explore, to spy upon, to test”) + -tor (“-er: forming agent nouns”), from ex- (“out”) + plōrāre (“to shout, to cry”), possibly with reference to raising game while hunting by sending out cryers.
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Inherited from Middle French *espion (attested only in the verb espionner), from Old French espion, spion (“one assigned to observe or spy”). Alternatively, derived from Old French espie (“spy”), under influence of Italian spione (“spy”). According to another theory, French espion is borrowed from Italian spione.