کوتوال

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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)

  1. (archaic) castellan
    Synonyms: دژبان (dežbân), دزدار (dezdâr)

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