чобан

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Azerbaijani

Noun

чобан (definite accusative чобаны, plural чобанлар)

  1. Cyrillic spelling of çoban (shepherd)

Declension

Bulgarian

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish چوبان (çoban) (Turkish çoban), from Persian چوبان (čubân).

Pronunciation

Noun

чоба́н (čobánm (feminine чоба́нка)

  1. (archaic or dialectal) male shepherd
    Synonyms: овчар (ovčar), пастир (pastir)

Declension

References

  • Krǎsteva, Vesela (2003) “чобан”, in Тълковен речник на турцизмите в българския език [Explanatory Dictionary of Turkisms in the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Skorpio vi, page 231

Macedonian

Etymology

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish چوبان (çoban) (Turkish çoban), from Persian چوبان (čubân).

Pronunciation

Noun

чобан (čobanm

  1. (folk poetic) shepherd
    Synonym: овчар m (ovčar)

Declension

Declension of чобан
singular plural
indefinite чобан (čoban) чобани (čobani)
definite unspecified чобанот (čobanot) чобаните (čobanite)
definite proximal чобанов (čobanov) чобаниве (čobanive)
definite distal чобанон (čobanon) чобанине (čobanine)
vocative чобану (čobanu) чобани (čobani)
count form чобана (čobana)

Serbo-Croatian

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish چوبان (çoban), from Persian چوبان (čubân). Akin to чо̀бан-ба̀ша, Чоба́нија, чоба̀нлук.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /t͡ʃǒban/
  • Hyphenation: чо‧бан

Noun

чо̀бан m (Latin spelling čòban)

  1. shepherd
    Synonyms: па̀стӣр, о̀вча̄р
  2. (derogatory) boor, hick (uncultured or rude person)

Declension

References

  • чобан”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2024
  • Škaljić, Abdulah (1966) Turcizmi u srpskohrvatskom jeziku, Sarajevo: Svjetlost, page 178