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čoban

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See also: çoban and cơ bản

Serbo-Croatian

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish چوبان (çoban), from Persian چوبان (čubân).[1] First attested in the 17th century.[2] Akin to čòban-bàša, Čobánija, čobànluk.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /t͡ʃǒban/
  • Hyphenation: čo‧ban
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Noun

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čòban m (Cyrillic spelling чо̀бан)

  1. shepherd
    Synonyms: pàstīr, òvčār
  2. (derogatory) boor, hick (uncultured or rude person)

Declension

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Declension of čoban
singular plural
nominative čòban čòbani
genitive čobana čȍbānā
dative čobanu čobanima
accusative čobana čobane
vocative čobane čobani
locative čobanu čobanima
instrumental čobanom čobanima

References

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  1. ^ Škaljić, Abdulah (1966) Turcizmi u srpskohrvatskom jeziku, Sarajevo: Svjetlost, page 178
  2. ^ Matasović, Ranko (2016) “čoban”, in Dunja Brozović Rončević, Dubravka Ivšić Majić, Tijmen Pronk, editors, Etimološki rječnik hrvatskoga jezika [Etymological dictionary of the Croatian language] (in Serbo-Croatian), volumes I: A—Nj, Zagreb: Institut za hrvatski jezik i jezikoslovlje, page 134

Further reading

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  • “čoban”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2024
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