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Hindi
Etymology
Borrowed from Classical Persian قلم (qalam), Arabic قَلَم (qalam), from Ancient Greek κάλαμος (kálamos, “reed”). Possibly influenced by Sanskrit cognate कलम (kalama). Compare Assamese কলম (kolom), Bengali কলম (kolom), Dhivehi ގަލަން (galan̊), Gujarati કલમ (kalam), Nepali कलम (kalam), Odia କଲମ (kalama), Punjabi ਕਲਮ (kalam), Sindhi قَلَمُ (qalamu).
Pronunciation
- (Delhi) IPA(key): /qə.ləm/, , /kə.ləm/,
Noun
क़लम • (qalam) f (Urdu spelling قلم)
- pen; reed pen
- Synonyms: लेखनी (lekhnī), पेन (pen)
- reed
- (agriculture) cuttings
Declension
Declension of क़लम (fem cons-stem)
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singular
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plural
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| direct
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क़लम
qalam
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क़लमें
qalamẽ
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| oblique
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क़लम
qalam
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क़लमों
qalamõ
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| vocative
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क़लम
qalam
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क़लमो
qalamo
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Descendants
References
- McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “qalama”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press
- “कलम”, in Collins Gem Hindi-English Dictionary, Collins, 2011, →ISBN
- Caturvedi, Mahendra, Bhola Nath Tiwari (1970) “कलम%2C+क़लम”, in A practical Hindi-English dictionary, Delhi: National Publishing House, page 122
- Dāsa, Śyāmasundara (1965–1975) “कलम”, in Hindī Śabdasāgara [lit. Sea of Hindi words] (in Hindi), Kashi : Nagari Pracarini Sabha
- Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “kaḍambá”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 132
- Bahri, Hardev (1989) “qalama”, in Siksarthi Hindi-Angrejhi Sabdakosa [Learners' Hindi-English Dictionary], Delhi: Rajpal & Sons.
- Platts, John T. (1884) “قلم”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.
- Steingass, Francis Joseph (1892) “قلم”, in A Comprehensive Persian–English dictionary, London: Routledge & K. Paul