کلاه

Persian

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [ku.ˈlɑːh]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [kʰʊ.lɑ́ːʱ]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [kʰʊ.lɑ́ːʱ]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [kʰʊ.lɑ́ː]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [kʰu.lɔ́ː]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [kʰo.lɒ́ːʰ]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [kʰu.lɔ́ʱ]

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

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

Descendants

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