چوپان

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See also: چوبان

Persian

Alternative forms

چوپون (čupun) (colloquial, Tehran)

Etymology

From Middle Persian 𐫢𐫇𐫁𐫀𐫗 (šwbʾn /⁠šubān⁠/), from Old Persian *fšupāna-, composed of (fšu-, “sheep”) (compare Old Armenian շպետ (špet), Sanskrit पशुपन् (paśupan)) and (pāna-, “protector”). Cognate with Pashto شپون (špūn), Baluchi (šipánk), Northern Kurdish şivan, Zazaki şıwane, Bactrian χοβανο (xobano).

Pronunciation

(Classical Persian) IPA^(key):

(Dari, formal) IPA^(key):
- (Kabuli) IPA^(key):
- (Hazaragi) IPA^(key):

(Iran, formal) IPA^(key):
- (Tehrani) IPA^(key):

(Tajik, formal) IPA^(key):

Readings
Classical reading^?	čōpān
Dari reading^?	čōpān
Iranian reading^?	čupân
Tajik reading^?	čüpon

Audio (Iran): (file)

Noun


Iranian Persian	چوپان
Dari	چوپان
Tajik	чӯпон

چوپان • (čupân)

shepherd
Synonyms: شبان (šobân), پاده‌بان (pâdebân)

Descendants

→ Azerbaijani: çoban
→ Crimean Tatar: çoban
→ Gujarati: ચૂબાન (cūbān), ચૂપાન (cūpān)
→ Hindustani:
Hindi: चूपान (cūpān)

Urdu: چوپان (cūpān)
→ Kazakh: шопан (şopan)
→ Ottoman Turkish: چوبان (çoban), شبان (şoban, şuban, şüben), شوبان (şoban, şuban, şüben)
- Turkish: çoban
- → Albanian: çoban
- → Armenian: չոբան (čʻoban)
- → Bulgarian: чоба́нин (čobánin)
- → Greek: τσοπάνης (tsopánis)
- → Romanian: cioban
- → Russian: чаба́н (čabán) (usually from other Turkic languages)
- → Serbo-Croatian:
  Cyrillic script: чо̀бан
  Latin script: čòban
→ Turkmen: çopan
→ Uzbek: choʻpon

References

Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “շպետ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press
Horn, Paul (1893) “šubān”, in Grundriss der neupersischen Etymologie (in German), Strasbourg: K.J. Trübner, page 171

Urdu

A Pakistani چوپان (caupān, "shepherd") herding his flock

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian (čōpān).

Pronunciation

(Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /t͡ʃɔː.pɑːn/, /t͡ʃoː.pɑːn/, /t͡ʃuː.pɑːn/

Noun

چوپان • (caupān) m (Hindi spelling चूपान)

shepherd; cowherd; herder
caretaker

Derived terms

چَوپانِی (caupānī, “herding; shepherding”)
چَوپان پیشَہ (caupān-pēša, “shepherd's profession”)
چَوپان گَری (caupān-garī, “herd-guarding”)

References

“چوپان”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
“چوپان”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary , Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.

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