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Persian
Etymology
From Middle Persian (kwlʾp̄ /kulāf/, “cap, bonnet”). Compare Middle Armenian սաքուլայ (sakʻulay) and Northern Luri کلو (kelo).
Pronunciation
Readings
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Classical reading?
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kulāh
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Dari reading?
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kulāh
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Iranian reading?
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kolâh
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Tajik reading?
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kuloh
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Noun
Dari
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کلاه
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Iranian Persian
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Tajik
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кулоҳ
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کلاه • (kolâh) (plural کلاهها (kolâh-hâ))
- hat
- (archaic) crown
- 10th Century CE, Ferdowsi, Shahnameh
به ایوان خرامید و بنشست شاد
کلاه کیانی به سر بر نهاد- be ivân xarâmid o benšast šâd
kolâhe kiyâni bar sar nehâd - (He) gingerly approached and delightedly acceded to the throne
and put on the kingly crown
- Synonyms: تاج, افسر
- cap
- bonnet
Derived terms
Descendants
References
- Dehkhoda, Ali-Akbar (1931–) “کلاه”, in Dehkhoda Dictionary Institute, editors, Dehkhoda Dictionary (in Persian), Tehran: University of Tehran Press
- MacKenzie, D. N. (1971) “kulāf”, in A concise Pahlavi dictionary, London, New York, Toronto: Oxford University Press, page 52