კალამი

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Georgian

Etymology

From Old Georgian კალამი (ḳalami), from Arabic قَلَم (qalam), from Ancient Greek κάλαμος (kálamos, reed).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kʼalami/,
  • Hyphenation: კა‧ლა‧მი

Noun

კალამი (ḳalami) (plural კალმები)

  1. pen
    Synonyms: პასტა (ṗasṭa), რუჩკა (ručḳa) (both informal, proscribed)

Inflection

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Related terms

References

  1. ^ Fähnrich, Heinz (1964) “Arabische Lehnwörter in der georgischen Sprache”, in Bedi Kartlisa (in German), volumes XVII–XVIII, Paris, page 158 of 155–163
  2. ^ Fähnrich, Heinz (1994) Grammatik der altgeorgischen Sprache (in German), Hamburg: Helmut Buske Verlag, page 246

Further reading

  • Abulaʒe, Ilia (1973) “კალამი”, in Ʒveli kartuli enis leksiḳoni (masalebi) [Dictionary of Old Georgian (Materials)]‎ (in Georgian), Tbilisi: Metsniereba, page 191