क़लम

• कलम (kalam) — nuqtaless

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 (kôlômô), Punjabi ਕਲਮ (kalam), Sindhi قَلَمُ‎ (qalamu).

• (Delhi Hindi) IPA^(key): /qə.ləm/, [qɐ.lɐ̃m], /kə.ləm/, [kɐ.lɐ̃m]

क़लम • (qalam) f (Urdu spelling قلم‎)

1. pen; reed pen

   Synonyms: लेखनी (lekhnī), पेन (pen)

2. reed
3. (agriculture) cuttings

• → Burmese: ကလောင် (ka.laung)

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