kulah
See also: külah
Indonesian edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
From Malay kolah, from Arabic قُلَّة (qulla, “jug, jar, pitcher”), from Aramaic קוּלְתָא (qulləṯā).
Noun edit
kulah (plural kulah-kulah, first-person possessive kulahku, second-person possessive kulahmu, third-person possessive kulahnya)
- water tank
- small pond
- (dialect) bathroom (Java)
- Synonym: kamar mandi
Alternative forms edit
Etymology 2 edit
From Malay kulah, from Classical Persian کلاه (kulāh, “hat, cap; head-gear; crown”).[1]
Noun edit
kulah (plural kulah-kulah, first-person possessive kulahku, second-person possessive kulahmu, third-person possessive kulahnya)
- a kind of helmet, headgear
Etymology 3 edit
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Noun edit
kulah (plural kulah-kulah, first-person possessive kulahku, second-person possessive kulahmu, third-person possessive kulahnya)
- a kind of mango
References edit
- ^ Mohammad Khosh Haikal Azad (2018) “Historical Cultural Linkages between Iran and Southeast Asia: Entered Persian Vocabularies in the Malay Language”, in Journal of Cultural Relation (in Persian), pages 117-144
Further reading edit
- “kulah” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.