کُٹوال

Kashmiri

Etymology

Inherited from Sanskrit कोटपाल (koṭapāla). Cognate to Hindustani कोटवार (koṭvār) / کہٹْوار (khṭvār).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [kuʈwaːl]

Noun

کُٹوال • (kuṭvāl) m (Devanagari कुटवाल्, Sharada 𑆑𑆶𑆛𑆮𑆳𑆬)

1. captain of a fortress
2. city or town's police chief officer, chief constable, city magistrate

References

• Grierson, George Abraham (1932) “کُٹوال”, in A dictionary of the Kashmiri language, Calcutta: Asiatic Society of Bengal