كلاه

See also: کلاه

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

Borrowed from Persian کلاه (kolâh, “hat; crown”).

Noun

كلاه • (külah)

1. pileus, a conical hat made of felt and worn by men

   Synonym: بورك (börk)

2. any ornamental headwear, such as a crown, tiara, diadem or mitra
3. the wind cover of a hookah, which prevents the wind from increasing the burn rate
4. (figuratively) deceit, ruse, trick, intrigue, machination

   Synonyms: اویون (oyun), طولاب (dolab)

Derived terms

• اشكجی كلاهی (eşekci külahı, “donkey driver's hat”)
• تاتار كلاه (tatar külah, “Tatar's conical cap”)
• كلاه قاپمق (külah kapmak, “to snatch a cap”)
• كلاه گیدرمك (külah giydirmek, “to make a special hat”)
• كلاه‌جی (külahcı, “maker or seller of conical hats”)
• كلاه‌دار (külahdar, “crowned sovereign”)
• كلاه‌لو (külahlı, “wearing a conical hat”)
• مولوی کلاه (mevlevi külah, “conical hat of a dervish”)

 

Descendants

• Turkish: külah
• → Armenian: քյուլախ (kʻyulax)

Further reading

• Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “külah”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 2887
• Kélékian, Diran (1911) “كلاه”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎^[1], Constantinople: Mihran, page 1033
• Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1687) “Pileus”, in Complementum thesauri linguarum orientalium, seu onomasticum latino-turcico-arabico-persicum, simul idem index verborum lexici turcico-arabico-persici, quod latinâ, germanicâ, aliarumque linguarum adjectâ nomenclatione nuper in lucem editum‎^[2], Vienna, column 1300
• Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1680) “كلاه”, in Thesaurus linguarum orientalium, Turcicae, Arabicae, Persicae, praecipuas earum opes à Turcis peculiariter usurpatas continens, nimirum Lexicon Turkico-Arabico-Persicum‎^[3], Vienna, column 3993
• Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “külah”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
• Redhouse, James W. (1890) “كلاه”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎^[4], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1563