کُٹوال
Kashmiri
editEtymology
editInherited from Sanskrit कोटपाल (koṭapāla). Cognate to Hindustani कोटवार (koṭvār) / کہٹْوار (khṭvār).
Pronunciation
editNoun
editکُٹوال • (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