չոբան

Armenian

Etymology

From Persian چوبان (čobân).

Pronunciation

Noun

չոբան (čʿoban) (traditional orthography spelling չօբան)

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

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References

  • Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1902), չօպան”, in Tʿurkʿerēni azdecʿutʿiwnə hayerēni vray ew tʿurkʿerēnē pʿoxaṙeal baṙerə Pōlsi hay žołovrdakan lezuin mēǰ hamematutʿeamb Vani, Łarabałi 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 žołovacu; 3) (in Armenian), Moscow and Vagharshapat: Lazarev Institute of Oriental Languages, page 279
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