չոբան

Armenian

Alternative forms

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

Noun

չոբան • (čʿoban) (traditional orthography spelling չօբան) (dialectal, colloquial)

  1. shepherd
    Synonym: հովիվ (hoviv)
  2. (figuratively) redneck, boor; bumpkin

Declension

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References

  • Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1902), չօպան”, in Tʿurkʿerēni azdecʿutʿiwnə hayerēni vray ew tʿurkʿerēnē pʿoxaṙeal baṙerə Pōlsi hay žoġovrdakan lezuin mēǰ hamematutʿeamb 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
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