kulah

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Indonesian

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From Malay kolah, from Arabic قُلَّة (qulla, “jug, jar, pitcher”), from Aramaic קוּלְתָא (qulləṯā).

Noun

kulah (plural kulah-kulah)

  1. water tank
  2. small pond
  3. (dialect) bathroom (Java)
    Synonym: kamar mandi
Alternative forms

Etymology 2

From Malay kulah, from Classical Persian کلاه (kulāh, “hat, cap; head-gear; crown”).[1]

Noun

kulah (plural kulah-kulah)

  1. a kind of helmet, headgear

Etymology 3

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

kulah (plural kulah-kulah)

  1. a kind of mango

References

  1. ^ Mohammad Khosh Haikal Azad (2018) “Historical Cultural Linkages between Iran and Southeast Asia: Entered Persian Vocabularies in the Malay Language”, in Journal of Cultural Relation (in Persian), pages 117-144

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