کوتوال
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Persian[edit]
Etymology[edit]
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[edit]
کوتوال • (kutvâl)
Synonyms[edit]
References[edit]
- Mo'in, Mohammad (1972) “کوتوال”, in Moeen Encyclopedic Dictionary [فرهنگ معین] (in Persian), Tehran: Amirkabir
- Dehkhoda, Ali-Akbar (1931–) “کوتوال”, in Dehkhoda Dictionary Institute, editors, Dehkhoda Dictionary (in Persian), Tehran: University of Tehran Press