কোতোয়াল

Bengali

Alternative forms

• কোতওয়াল (kōtōẇal)
• (common) কোটাল (kōṭal)

Etymology

Inherited from Sanskrit कोटपाल (koṭapāla).

Pronunciation

• (Rarh) IPA^(key): /kot̪o̯al/, [ˈkot̪o̯al]

• (Dhaka) IPA^(key): /kot̪o̯al/, [ˈkot̪o̯al]

• (Vanga) IPA^(key): /kot̪o̯al/, [ˈkot̪o̯al], [xot̪o̯al]
• (Varendra) IPA^(key): /kot̪o̯al/, [ˈkot̪o̯al]

Noun

কোতোয়াল • (kōtōẇal)

1. policeman
2. constable
3. chief of a police station
4. police chief

Declension

Inflection of কোতোয়াল
nominative	কোতোয়াল kōtōẇal
objective	কোতোয়ালকে kōtōẇal (semantically general or indefinite) / kōtōẇalke (semantically definite)
genitive	কোতোয়ালের kōtōẇaler
	Indefinite forms
nominative	কোতোয়াল kōtōẇal
objective	কোতোয়ালকে kōtōẇal (semantically general or indefinite) / kōtōẇalke (semantically definite)
genitive	কোতোয়ালের kōtōẇaler
	Definite forms
	singular		plural
nominative	কোতোয়ালটা, কোতোয়ালটি kōtōẇalṭa (colloquial), kōtōẇalṭi (formal)		কোতোয়ালেরা kōtōẇalera
objective	কোতোয়ালটাকে, কোতোয়ালটিকে kōtōẇalṭake (colloquial), kōtōẇalṭike (formal)		কোতোয়ালদের(কে) kōtōẇalder(ke)
genitive	কোতোয়ালটার, কোতোয়ালটির kōtōẇalṭar (colloquial), kōtōẇalṭir (formal)		কোতোয়ালদের kōtōẇalder
Objective Note: In some dialects -রে (-re) marks this case instead of -কে (-ke).

Derived terms

• কোতোয়ালি (kōtōẇali)

 

References

• Subhasha Bhattacarya, Sailendra Biswas, Sailendra Biswas, and Jnanendramohana Dasa (2022) “কোতোয়াল”, in Digital Dictionaries of South Asia [Combined Bengali Dictionaries]