чобан

Azerbaijani

Other scripts

Cyrillic		чобан
Abjad		چوبان

Noun

чобан (definite accusative чобанны, plural чобанлар)

1. Cyrillic spelling of çoban (“shepherd”)

Declension

Declension of чобан

	singular	plural
nominative	чобан	чобанлар
definite accusative	чобаны	чобанлары
dative	чобана	чобанлара
locative	чобанда	чобанларда
ablative	чобандан	чобанлардан
definite genitive	чобанын	чобанлары

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Bulgarian

Alternative forms

• чобанин (čobanin)

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tʃoˈban/

Noun

чобан • (čoban) m

1. (archaic or dialectal) a male shepherd

Synonyms

• овчар (ovčar)
• пастир (pastir)

Related terms

• чобанка f (čobanka)

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Macedonian

Etymology

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

Noun

чобан • (čoban) m

1. shepherd

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Serbo-Croatian

Alternative forms

• чо̀банин

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tʃǒban/
• Hyphenation: чо‧бан

Noun

чо̀бан m (Latin spelling čòban)

1. shepherd
2. (derogatory) boor, hick (uncultured or rude person)

Declension

Declension of чобан

	singular	plural
nominative	чо̀бан	чо̀бани
genitive	чобана	чо̏ба̄на̄
dative	чобану	чобанима
accusative	чобана	чобане
vocative	чобане	чобани
locative	чобану	чобанима
instrumental	чобаном	чобанима

Synonyms

• (shephard): па̀стӣр

References

• “чобан” in Hrvatski jezični portal
• Škaljić, Abdulah (1966) Turcizmi u srpskohrvatskom jeziku, Sarajevo: Svjetlost, page 178