Chief police officer of a town in Hindi
Meaning, Devanagari spelling and pronunciation
📖 Meaning of “chief police officer of a town”
The meaning of “chief police officer of a town” in Hindi is कोतवाल, pronounced kotaval — it is a noun. Copy the Devanagari word above, hear how it is pronounced, and use it anywhere. To type words like this yourself, try our Hindi typing tool, or explore more words in the vocabulary sets.
✍️ Chief police officer of a town in a sentence
chief police officer of town is coming
कोतवाल साहब आ रहे है
🌱 Word Origin (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).
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Word (English)
Chief police officer of a town
Meaning in Hindi
कोतवाल
Pronunciation
kotaval
Part of speech
Noun
Category
Word Origin (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).
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The Hindi meaning of "chief police officer of a town" is कोतवाल (kotaval).
In Devanagari script it is written as कोतवाल.
It is pronounced "kotaval". Tap the speaker icon on this page to hear it aloud.