कोतवाल

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian کوتوال (kotvāl), from Sauraseni Prakrit [Term?], from Sanskrit कोटपाल (koṭapāla)/कोट्टपाल (koṭṭapāla) from कोट (koṭa)/कोट्ट (koṭṭa, fort, castle) + पाल (pāla, guard, protector, keeper). Doublet of कोटवाल (koṭvāl).

Pronunciation

  • (Delhi Hindi) IPA(key): /koːt̪.ʋɑːl/, [koːt̪.wäːl]

Noun

कोतवाल • (kotvāl) m or f by sense (Urdu spelling کوتوال)

  1. police chief

Declension

NOTE: This term is declined masculine or feminine according to the gender of the referent.

References

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