Persian

Noun

چوپان • ‎(čupân)

1. shepherd

Descendants

• Azeri: çoban
• Armenian: չոբան ‎(čʿoban)
• Crimean Tatar: çoban
• Hindustani:
  • Hindi: चूपान ‎(čūpān)
  • Urdu: چوپان ‎(čūpān)
• Ottoman Turkish: چوبان ‎(çoban)
  • Turkish: çoban
  • Albanian: çoban
  • Bulgarian: чобанин ‎(čobanin)
  • Georgian: ჩობანი ‎(čobani)
  • Romanian: cioban
  • Serbo-Croatian: чо̀бан / čòban
• Russian: чабан ‎(čaban)
• Turkmen: çopan
• Uzbek: choʻpon

References

• Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1971–1979), “շպետ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Dictionary of Armenian Root Words] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, Yerevan: University Press, published 1926–1935
• Horn, Paul (1893), “šubān”, in Grundriss der neupersischen Etymologie (in German), Strasbourg: K.J. Trübner, page 171

Urdu

Etymology

From Persian چوپان ‎(čupân).

Noun

چوپان • ‎(čūpān) m ‎(Hindi spelling चूपान)

1. shepherd
2. cowherd