کُٹوال
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Kashmiri
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Inherited from Sanskrit कोटपाल (koṭapāla). Cognate to Hindustani कोटवार (koṭvār) / کہٹْوار (khṭvār).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]کُٹوال • (kuṭvāl) m (Devanagari कुटवाल्, Sharada 𑆑𑆶𑆛𑆮𑆳𑆬)
- captain of a fortress
- city or town's police chief officer, chief constable, city magistrate
References
[edit]- Grierson, George Abraham (1932) “کُٹوال”, in A dictionary of the Kashmiri language, Calcutta: Asiatic Society of Bengal