Where does “çobanaldatan” come from?

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

çobanaldatan (Turkish): nightjar, goatsucker, any of various nocturnal birds of the family Caprimulgidae

Definitions

  1. nightjar, goatsucker, any of various nocturnal birds of the family Caprimulgidae

Ancestry of “çobanaldatan”, step by step

çobanaldatan traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Turkish çoban

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Turkishçobanshepherd
2Ottoman Turkishچوبانshepherd
3Persianچوپانshepherd
4Pahlavišubān
5Old Persianfšupāna-
6Old Persianfšu-sheep

via Turkish aldatmak

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Turkishaldatmakto betray; to cheat on; to dupe
Every word from Old Persian fšu-Every word from Old Persian fšupāna-Every word from Pahlavi šubān