köken: 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.
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: 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.
ninja (person trained in ninjutsu, especially one used for espionage, assassination, and other tasks requiring stealth during Japan's shogunate period)
çekim: çoğul ninjowie · tamlayan ninji
eş: nindża
köken: Etymology tree English ninjaubor. Polish ninja Unadapted borrowing from English ninja.
Uncertain. The most consistent term in the historical record appears to be 忍び (shinobi, “sneaking, hiding”), the 連用形 (ren'yōkei, “continuative or stem form”) of verb 忍ぶ (shinobu, “to endure, to bear; to hide, to conceal oneself; to sneak into or out of a place”). This in turn was extended into 忍びの者 (shinobi no mono, “sneaking person, person of sneaking”), cited to a text from 1689. This ninja…