کلاه

Persian

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

(Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /ku.ˈlaːh/

(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


Iranian Persian	کلاه
Dari	کلاه
Tajik	кулоҳ

کلاه • (kolâh) (plural کلاه‌ها)

hat
(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
cap
bonnet

Derived terms

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

Descendants

→ Azerbaijani: külah
→ Gujarati: કુલાહ (kulāh)
→ 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