cowboy

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• /ˈkaʊˌbɔɪ/
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PIE word *gwṓws From cow + boy. More on Wikipedia.

125 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Albanian: lopçar — person who tends cattle
• Arabic: رَاعِي بَقَر (rāʕī baqar) — person who tends cattle
• Arabic: رَعَوِيّ الْبَقَر (raʕawiyy al-baqar) — person who tends cattle
• Arabic: بَقّار (baqqār) — person who tends cattle
• Armenian: կովբոյ (kovboy) — person who tends cattle
• Azerbaijani: kovboy — person who tends cattle
• Bashkir: көтөүсе (kötöwse) — person who tends cattle
• Belarusian: пасту́х (pastúx) — person who tends cattle
• Bengali: রাখাল (rakhal) — person who tends cattle
• Bulgarian: пасти́р (pastír) — person who tends cattle
• Catalan: vaquer — person who tends cattle
• Chinese Cantonese: 牧人 (muk6 jan4) — person who tends cattle
• Chinese Mandarin: 牧人 (mùrén) — person who tends cattle
• Cornish: bughwas — person who tends cattle
• Czech: kovboj — person who tends cattle
• Danish: cowboy — person who tends cattle
• Esperanto: vakero — person who tends cattle
• Finnish: cowboy — person who tends cattle
• Finnish: karjapaimen — person who tends cattle
• French: cow-boy — person who tends cattle
• French: cowboy — person who tends cattle
• French: vacher — person who tends cattle
• Georgian: კოვბოი (ḳovboi) — person who tends cattle
• German: Cowboy — person who tends cattle
• German: Kuhhirte — person who tends cattle
• Greek: αγελαδάρης (ageladáris) — person who tends cattle
• Hebrew: בּוֹקֵר (boqér) — person who tends cattle
• Hindi: काउबॉय (kāubŏy) — person who tends cattle
• Hindi: गोपाल (gopāl) — person who tends cattle
• Icelandic: kúreki — person who tends cattle
• Irish: buachaill bó — person who tends cattle
• Italian: mandriano — person who tends cattle
• Italian: vaccaio — person who tends cattle
• Italian: vaccaro — person who tends cattle
• Japanese: 牧人 (bokujin) — person who tends cattle
• Japanese: 牧夫 (bokufu) — person who tends cattle
• Kazakh: бақташы (baqtaşy) — person who tends cattle
• Kazakh: малшы (malşy) — person who tends cattle
• Kazakh: сиыршы (siyrşy) — person who tends cattle
• Kazakh: табыншы (tabynşy) — person who tends cattle
• Khmer: ខោវប៊យ (khaowbɔɔy) — person who tends cattle
• Khmer: ខូវប៊ (khəwbɔɔ) — person who tends cattle
• Korean: 목자 (mokja) — person who tends cattle
• Northern Kurdish: gavan — person who tends cattle
• Kyrgyz: кесерге (keserge) — person who tends cattle
• Latin: bubulcus — person who tends cattle
• Macedonian: го́ведар (góvedar) — person who tends cattle
• Macedonian: каубо́ец (kaubóec) — person who tends cattle
• Macedonian: каубо́ј (kaubój) — person who tends cattle
• Malay: koboi — person who tends cattle
• Māori: kaupoai — person who tends cattle
• Marathi: काउबॉय (kāubŏy) — person who tends cattle
• Navajo: akałii — person who tends cattle
• Norwegian Bokmål: cowboy — person who tends cattle
• Norwegian Nynorsk: cowboy — person who tends cattle
• Persian: گاوچران (gâvčerân) — person who tends cattle
• Persian: کابوی (kâboy) — person who tends cattle
• Polish: kowbojka — person who tends cattle
• Polish: kowboj — person who tends cattle
• Polish: kowboje — person who tends cattle
• Polish: kowbojki — person who tends cattle
• Portuguese: vaqueiro — person who tends cattle
• Portuguese: caubói — person who tends cattle
• Romanian: văcar — person who tends cattle
• Russian: пасту́х (pastúx) — person who tends cattle
• Russian: ковбо́й (kovbój) — person who tends cattle
• Russian: га́учо (gáučo) — person who tends cattle
• Scots: coolad — person who tends cattle
• Scottish Gaelic: gille-cruidh — person who tends cattle
• Serbo-Croatian: ка̀убој — person who tends cattle
• Serbo-Croatian: kàuboj — person who tends cattle
• Spanish: vaquero — person who tends cattle
• Spanish: gaucho — person who tends cattle
• Spanish: huaso — person who tends cattle
• Spanish: llanero — person who tends cattle
• Swedish: cowboy — person who tends cattle
• Swedish: cowboysare — person who tends cattle
• Swedish: kobojsare — person who tends cattle
• Tagalog: bakero — person who tends cattle
• Thai: คาวบอย (kaao-bɔɔi) — person who tends cattle
• Turkish: kovboy — person who tends cattle
• Ukrainian: пасту́х (pastúx) — person who tends cattle
• Ukrainian: корівни́к (korivnýk) — person who tends cattle
• Urdu: کاؤبای (kāubāy) — person who tends cattle
• Urdu: گوپال (gopāl) — person who tends cattle
• Uzbek: kovboy — person who tends cattle
• Vietnamese: cao bồi — person who tends cattle
• Welsh: cowboi — person who tends cattle
• Yiddish: קאַובוי (kauboy) — person who tends cattle
• Yiddish: קאַובאָי (kauboy) — person who tends cattle
• Yucatec Maya: kanan wakax — person who tends cattle
• Bashkir: ковбой (kovboy) — man who identifies with cowboy culture
• Belarusian: каўбо́й (kawbój) — man who identifies with cowboy culture
• Bulgarian: каубо́й (kaubój) — man who identifies with cowboy culture
• Chinese Cantonese: 牛仔 (ngau4 zai2) — man who identifies with cowboy culture
• Chinese Mandarin: 牛仔 (niúzǎi) — man who identifies with cowboy culture
• Finnish: cowboy-fani — man who identifies with cowboy culture
• French: cowboy — man who identifies with cowboy culture
• French: cow-boy — man who identifies with cowboy culture
• German: Cowboy — man who identifies with cowboy culture
• Japanese: カウボーイ (kaubōi) — man who identifies with cowboy culture
• Khmer: ខោវប៊យ (khaowbɔɔy) — man who identifies with cowboy culture
• Khmer: ខូវប៊ (khəwbɔɔ) — man who identifies with cowboy culture
• Korean: 카우보이 (kauboi) — man who identifies with cowboy culture
• Northern Kurdish: kowboy — man who identifies with cowboy culture
• Northern Kurdish: kawboy — man who identifies with cowboy culture
• Macedonian: каубо́ец (kaubóec) — man who identifies with cowboy culture
• Macedonian: каубо́ј (kaubój) — man who identifies with cowboy culture
• Marathi: काउबॉय (kāubŏy) — man who identifies with cowboy culture
• Norwegian Bokmål: cowboy — man who identifies with cowboy culture
• Norwegian Nynorsk: cowboy — man who identifies with cowboy culture
• Portuguese: caubói — man who identifies with cowboy culture
• Portuguese: peão — man who identifies with cowboy culture
• Russian: ковбо́й (kovbój) — man who identifies with cowboy culture
• Thai: คาวบอย (kaao-bɔɔi) — man who identifies with cowboy culture
• Ukrainian: ковбо́й (kovbój) — man who identifies with cowboy culture
• Finnish: petkuttaja — a dishonest and incompetent worker
• Finnish: puijari — a dishonest and incompetent worker
• Greek: ατζαμής (atzamís) — a dishonest and incompetent worker
• Norwegian Bokmål: cowboy — a dishonest and incompetent worker
• Norwegian Nynorsk: cowboy — a dishonest and incompetent worker
• Finnish: rämäpää — one who engages in reckless behavior
• Portuguese: caubói — one who engages in reckless behavior
• Portuguese: machão — one who engages in reckless behavior
• Vietnamese: cao bồi — one who engages in reckless behavior