کلاه

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Etymology

From Middle Persian (kwlʾp̄ /⁠kulāf⁠/, cap, bonnet). Compare Middle Armenian սաքուլայ (sakʻulay) and Northern Luri کلو (kelo).

Pronunciation

Readings
Classical reading? kulāh
Dari reading? kulāh
Iranian reading? kolâh
Tajik reading? kuloh

Noun

Dari کلاه
Iranian Persian
Tajik кулоҳ

کلاه (kolâh) (plural کلاه‌ها (kolâh-hâ))

  1. hat
  2. (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
  3. cap
  4. bonnet

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Azerbaijani: külah
  • Gujarati: કુલાહ (kulāh)
  • Malay: kulah
  • Ottoman Turkish: كلاه (külah)

References

  1. Dehkhoda, Ali-Akbar (1931–) “کلاه”, in Dehkhoda Dictionary Institute, editors, Dehkhoda Dictionary (in Persian), Tehran: University of Tehran Press
  2. MacKenzie, D. N. (1971) “kulāf”, in A concise Pahlavi dictionary, London, New York, Toronto: Oxford University Press, page 52