کوتوال

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 (kwtāwāl) / کوتاول (kwtāwl)).

Attested since the Ghaznavid period.

Noun

کوتوال • (kutvâl)

1. (archaic) castellan

   Synonyms: دژبان (dežbân), دزدار (dezdâr)

References

• محمد معین [Mohammad-e Mo'in] (1972), “کوتوال”, in Jafar Shahidi, editor, فرهنگ فارسی معین [Farhang-e Fârsi-ye Mo'in, Moin Persian Dictionary] (in Persian), Tehran: Amir Kabir Publishers.
• Dehkhoda, Ali-Akbar (1931–), “کوتوال”, in Dehkhoda Dictionary Institute, editors, Dehkhoda Dictionary (in Persian), Tehran: University of Tehran Press.