قره‌غول

Ottoman Turkish

Alternative forms

• قراول (karavul).

Etymology

Compare Azerbaijani qarovul. From Middle Mongol ᠬᠠᠷᠠᠭᠤᠯ (qaraɣul).

Noun

قره‌غول • (karağul, karağol)

1. patrol, guard, sentry

Descendants

• Turkish: karakol
• → Armenian: խարախօլ (xaraxōl), խարավուլ (xaravul)

References

• Redhouse, James W. (1890) “قره‌غول”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎^[1], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1442