cioban

Romanian

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t͡ʃoˈban/

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Noun

cioban m (plural ciobani, feminine equivalent ciobancă or ciobăneasă or ciobăniță)

1. shepherd

   Synonyms: (in Moldova) dohotar; oier m; păcurar m; păstor m

Declension

	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	cioban	ciobanul	ciobani	ciobanii
genitive-dative	cioban	ciobanului	ciobani	ciobanilor
vocative	ciobanule, ciobane		ciobanilor

Further reading

• “cioban”, in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language) (in Romanian), 2004–2026