چوبان

See also: چوپان

Ottoman Turkish

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Persian چوپان (čupân, shepherd), from Middle Persian 𐫢𐫇𐫁𐫀𐫗 (šwbʾn /⁠šubān⁠/), ultimately from Old Persian *fšupāna-.

Noun

چوبان • (çoban) (definite accusative چوبانی (çobanı), plural چوبانلر (çobanlar))

  1. shepherd, pastor, a person who tends, feeds and guards a flock of sheep
    Synonym: راعی (raʼi)
  2. herdsman, herder, a person who tends livestock, especially cows and sheep
    Synonym: راعی (raʼi)
  3. (figuratively) boor, peasant, lout, churl, an uncouth, crude, or ill-bred person
    Synonym: هودوك (hödük)

Derived terms

  • صیغیر چوبانی (sığır çobanı, cowherd)
  • چوبان آطه‌سی (çoban adası, Kos, a Greek island)
  • چوبان آلدادان (çoban aldadan, nightjar, literally shepherd deceiving)
  • چوبان اعتقادی (çoban iʼtikâdı, faith firm and simple)
  • چوبان ایكنه‌سی (çoban iğnesi, geranium)
  • چوبان دكنكی (çoban değeneği, crook; knotgrass)
  • چوبان دودوكی (çoban düdüğü, hazelwort)
  • چوبان سوزكجی (çoban süzgeci, bedstraw)
  • چوبان طاشی (çoban taşı, name of a large diamond belonging to the Sultans, literally shepherd's stone)
  • چوبان طراغی (çoban tarağı, teasel)
  • چوبان طغارجغی (çoban dağarcığı, pennycress)
  • چوبان قاریسی (çoban karısı, shepherdess)
  • چوبان قالقیدان (çoban kalkıdan, caltrop)
  • چوبان قیزی (çoban kızı, shepherdess)
  • چوبان مرهمی (çoban merhemi, a preparation of soap and turpentine)
  • چوبان پوسكولی (çoban püskülü, holly)
  • چوبان چانطه‌سی (çoban çantası, shepherd's purse)
  • چوبان یلدزی (çoban yıldızı, Venus)
  • چوبان یولی (çoban yolu, sheep-track)
  • چوبانلق (çobanlık, booriness)

Descendants

  • 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

Further reading

Persian

Pronunciation

 

Readings
Classical reading? čūbān
Dari reading? čūbān
Iranian reading? čubân
Tajik reading? čubon

Noun

چوبان • (čubân)

  1. alternative spelling of چوپان