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Persian
Etymology
Borrowed from Indo-Aryan (compare Sanskrit कोटपाल/कोट्टपाल (koṭapāla/koṭṭapāla), Urdu کٹھوال (kṭhvāl), Hindi कोतवाल (kotvāl, “police chief”)) or Turkic (compare Chagatai کوتاوال / کوتاول).
Attested since the Ghaznavid period.
Noun
کوتوال • (kutvâl)
- (archaic) castellan
- Synonyms: دژبان (dežbân), دزدار (dezdâr)
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