قره‌غول

Ottoman Turkish

Alternative forms

• قراغول (karağul, karağol)
• قراول (karavul)
• قره‌قول (karakol)

Etymology

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

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