kelam

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Indonesian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key):
  • Hyphenation: kê‧lam

Etymology 1

Inherited from Malay kelam, from Proto-Austronesian *kelem (“dark, overcast, visually obscure”).[1]

Adjective

kêlam

  1. blurry, unclear
  2. gloomy, overcast
  3. dark (without light)
    Synonym: gelap

Etymology 2

From English clamp, from Middle Dutch clamp, klampe (“a clamp, hook”), from Proto-Germanic *klampō (“clamp, clasp, cramp”). Doublet of klem.

Noun

kêlam (plural kelam-kelam)

  1. clamp.

References

  1. ^ Tom G. Hoogervorst (2023 January 19) “Lexical Influence from South Asia”, in Marian Klamer, Francesca Moro, editors, Traces of Contact in the Lexicon‎, BRILL, →DOI, →ISBN, page 27

Further reading

Kholosi

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic قَلَم (qalam), from Ancient Greek κάλαμος (kálamos, “reed”).

Noun

kelam ?

  1. pencil

References

  • Rezaei, Tahereh (2020) First notes on the syntax of Kholosi as a heritage language in the south of Iran‎, Hormozgan Cultural Heritage, Handcrafts & Tourism Organization

Turkish

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish كلام (kelam), from Arabic كَلَام (kalām).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /keˈlam/
  • Hyphenation: ke‧lam

Noun

kelam (definite accusative kelamı, plural kelamlar)

  1. remark, word, words
    Synonyms: söz, sözcük
  2. (archaic) way of saying
  3. (archaic, religion) Islamic theology

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