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Urdu
Etymology
Borrowed from Classical Persian خَامَه (xāma, “reed; pen”).
Noun
خامہ • (xāma) m (Hindi spelling ख़ामा)
- reed, especially when cut and dried for use
- pen, a writing instrument originally made of reed
- kind of graving tool, such as a stonecutter's chisel
- pencil, or other instrument for writing or ruling
References
- “خامہ”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
- “خامہ”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary , Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2025.
- Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971) “خامہ”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co.