čoban

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See also: çoban and cơ bản

Serbo-Croatian

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish چوبان (çoban), from Persian چوبان (čubân).[1] First attested in the 17th century.[2] Akin to čòban-bàša, Čobánija, čobànluk.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /t͡ʃǒban/
  • Hyphenation: čo‧ban
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Noun

čòban m (Cyrillic spelling чо̀бан)

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

Declension

Declension of čoban
singular plural
nominative čòban čòbani
genitive čobana čȍbānā
dative čobanu čobanima
accusative čobana čobane
vocative čobane čobani
locative čobanu čobanima
instrumental čobanom čobanima

References

  1. ^ Škaljić, Abdulah (1966) Turcizmi u srpskohrvatskom jeziku, Sarajevo: Svjetlost, page 178
  2. ^ Matasović, Ranko (2016) “čoban”, in Dunja Brozović Rončević, Dubravka Ivšić Majić, Tijmen Pronk, editors, Etimološki rječnik hrvatskoga jezika [Etymological dictionary of the Croatian language] (in Serbo-Croatian), volumes I: A—Nj, Zagreb: Institut za hrvatski jezik i jezikoslovlje, page 134

Further reading

  • “čoban”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2024
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