چوپان

See also: چوبان

Persian

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [t͡ʃuː.ˈpɑːn]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [t͡ʃʰuː.pʰɑ́ːn]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [t͡ʃʰuː.pʰɑ́ːn]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [t͡ʃʰuː.pʰɑ́ːn]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [t͡ʃʰu.pʰɔ́ːn]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [t͡ʃʰuː.pʰɒ́ːn]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [t͡ʃʰu.pʰɔ́n]

Readings
Classical reading?	čūpān
Dari reading?	čūpān
Iranian reading?	čupân
Tajik reading?	čupon

• Audio (Iran):

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Noun

Dari	چوپان
Iranian Persian
Tajik	чӯпон

چوپان • (čupân)

1. shepherd

   Synonym: شبان (šobân)

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

From Classical Persian چوپان (čupān, “shepherd, herder”).

Cognate with Pashto شپون (špūn), Baluchi شپانک (šipánk), and Bactrian χοβανο (xobano).

Pronunciation

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

Noun

چوپان • (caupān) m (Hindi spelling चूपान)

1. shepherd; cowherd; herder
2. 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 [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.