չոբան

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Armenian

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Persian چوبان (čobân).

Pronunciation

Noun

չոբան (čʻoban) (traditional orthography spelling չօբան)

  1. (colloquial) shepherd
  2. (colloquial, figuratively) redneck, boor; bumpkin

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References

  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1902) “չօպան”, in Tʻurkʻerēni azdecʻutʻiwnə hayerēni vray ew tʻurkʻerēnē pʻoxaṙeal baṙerə Pōlsi hay žoġovrdakan lezuin mēǰ hamematutʻeamb Vani, Ġarabaġi ew Nor-Naxiǰewani barbaṙnerun [The influence of Turkish on Armenian, and the Turkish borrowings in the vernacular Armenian of Constantinople in comparison with the dialects of Van, Karabakh and Nor Nakhichevan] (Ēminean azgagrakan žoġovacu; 3) (in Armenian), Moscow and Vagharshapat: Lazarev Institute of Oriental Languages, page 279