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Serbo-Croatian
Alternative forms
Etymology
Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish چوبان (çoban), from Persian چوبان (čubân). Akin to čòban-bàša, Čobánija, čobànluk.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /t͡ʃǒban/
- Hyphenation: čo‧ban
Noun
čòban m (Cyrillic spelling чо̀бан)
- shepherd
- Synonyms: pàstīr, òvčār
- (derogatory) boor, hick (uncultured or rude person)
Declension
References
- “čoban” in Hrvatski jezični portal
- Škaljić, Abdulah (1966) Turcizmi u srpskohrvatskom jeziku, Sarajevo: Svjetlost, page 178