کلاه
Persian
Etymology
From Middle Persian [script needed] (kwlʾp̄ /kulāf/, “cap, bonnet”). Compare Middle Armenian սաքուլայ (sakʿulay) and Northern Luri کلو (kelo).
Noun
کلاه • (kolâh) (plural کلاهها (kolâh-hâ))
- 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
- 10th Century CE, Ferdowsi, Shahnameh
- 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