Where does “çoban” come from?

çoban (Turkish) comes from Ottoman Turkish چوبان, from Persian چوپان, from Pahlavi šubān, from Old Persian fšupāna-, from Old Persian fšu- — sheep.

çoban (Turkish): shepherd

Definitions

  1. shepherd

Ancestry of “çoban”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ottoman Turkishچوبانshepherd
2Persianچوپانshepherd
3Pahlavišubān—
4Old Persianfšupāna-—
5Old Persianfšu-sheep

Words derived from “çoban”

Every word from Old Persian fšu- →Every word from Old Persian fšupāna- →Every word from Pahlavi šubān →