کلاه

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Noun

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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

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Descendants

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

References

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  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