karakol

Concepts

police station

post

commissariat

police post

police-station

Synonyms

bekçi

💂

devriye

emniyet

gar

🚉

gözcü

hapishane

istasyon

🚉

nöbetçi

💂

polis merkezi

zabıta

gözetmen

Translations

commissariat

Polizeiwache

politiebureau

commissariat de police

comisaría

commissariato

questura

stazione di polizia

corps de garde

politebureau

Wache

poste de police

Polizeidienststelle

patrouille

Polizeirevier

Pronounced as (IPA)

[kɑɾɑkoɫ]

Etymology

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish: قراول

In summary

From Ottoman Turkish قراول (karavul), قرهغول (karağol), reinterpreted as the compound of kara (“black”) + kol (“arm”). Ultimately from Middle Mongol ᠬᠠᠷᠠᠭᠤᠯ (qaraɣul).