कोतवाल

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian کوتوال (kotvāl), from Sauraseni Prakrit [Term?], from Sanskrit कोटपाल (koṭapāla)/कोट्टपाल (koṭṭapāla) from कोट (koṭa)/कोट्ट (koṭṭa, “fort, castle”) + पाल (pāla, “guard, protector, keeper”). Doublet of कोटवाल (koṭvāl).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Hindi) IPA^(key): /koːt̪.ʋɑːl/, [koːt̪.wäːl]

Noun

कोतवाल • (kotvāl) m or f by sense (Urdu spelling کوتوال)

1. police chief

Declension

NOTE: This term is declined masculine or feminine according to the gender of the referent.

Declension of कोतवाल (masc cons-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	कोतवाल kotvāl	कोतवाल kotvāl
oblique	कोतवाल kotvāl	कोतवालों kotvālõ
vocative	कोतवाल kotvāl	कोतवालो kotvālo

Declension of कोतवाल (fem cons-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	कोतवाल kotvāl	कोतवालें kotvālẽ
oblique	कोतवाल kotvāl	कोतवालों kotvālõ
vocative	कोतवाल kotvāl	कोतवालो kotvālo

References

• Dāsa, Śyāmasundara (1965–1975), “कोतवाल”, in Hindī Śabdasāgara [lit. “Sea of Hindi words”] (in Hindi), Kashi [Varanasi]: Nagari Pracarini Sabha, page 1059
• Caturvedi, Mahendra; Bhola Nath Tiwari (1970), “कोतवाल”, in A practical Hindi-English dictionary, Delhi: National Publishing House, page 147
• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993), “कोतवाल”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press, page 216
• Bahri, Hardev (1989), “कोतवाल”, in Siksarthi Hindi-Angrejhi Sabdakosa [Learners' Hindi-English Dictionary], Delhi: Rajpal & Sons, page 117.