kotwali
or kot·wa·lee
[koht-wah-lee]
- a police station.
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Origin of kotwali
First recorded in 1835–45, kotwali is from the Hindi word koṭwālī
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Nevertheless they beat him, and took his cart and all that was in it, and sent him to the Kotwali.
Barclay of the GuidesHerbert Strang