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Etymology edit

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

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չոբան (čʻoban) (traditional orthography spelling չօբան) (dialectal, colloquial)

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

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References edit

  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1902) “չօպան”, in Tʻurkʻerēni azdecʻutʻiwnə hayerēni vray ew tʻurkʻerēnē pʻoxaṙeal baṙerə Pōlsi hay žoġovrdakan lezuin mēǰ hamematutʻeamb Vani, Ġarabaġi ew Nor-Naxiǰewani barbaṙnerun (Ēminean azgagrakan žoġovacu; 3) (in Armenian), Moscow and Vagharshapat: Lazarev Institute of Oriental Languages, page 279