کلاه

Persian

Etymology

From Middle Persian [script needed] (kwlʾp̄ /kulāf/, “cap, bonnet”). Compare Middle Armenian սաքուլայ (sakʿulay) and Northern Luri ‎ (kelo).

Pronunciation

(Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /kuˈlɑːh/

(Dari Persian) IPA^(key): /kʊˈlɑːh/

(Iranian Persian) IPA^(key): /koˈlɒːh/

(Tajik) IPA^(key): /kuˈlɔh/

Noun

Iranian Persian	کلاه
Dari	کلاه
Tajik	кулоҳ (kuloh)

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

hat
(archaic) crown
- 10th Century CE, Ferdowsi, Shahnameh
  ‏‎
  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

کلاهک‎ (kolâhak), کلاه‌خود‎ (kolâh-xud), کلاه‌گیس‎ (kolâh-gis), کلاه گذاشتن‎ (kolâh gozâštan), کلاه‌برداری‎ (kolâh-bardâri)

Descendants

→ Malay: kulah
- Indonesian: kulah
→ Ottoman Turkish: كلاه‎ (külah)
- → Turkish: külah

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

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