कलम

See also: क़लम

Hindi

Pronunciation

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

Noun

कलम • (kalam) f

1. nuqtaless form of क़लम (qalam)

Declension

Declension of कलम (fem cons-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	कलम kalam	कलमें kalamẽ
oblique	कलम kalam	कलमों kalamõ
vocative	कलम kalam	कलमो kalamo

Nepali

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic قَلَم (qalam), or from Sanskrit कलम (kalama), both from Ancient Greek κάλαμος (kálamos, “reed”). Compare Hindi क़लम (qalam).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [kʌlʌm]
• Phonetic Devanagari: कलम्

Noun

कलम • (kalam)

1. pen

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• কলম (Assamese script)
• ᬓᬮᬫ (Balinese script)
• কলম (Bengali script)
• 𑰎𑰩𑰦 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀓𑀮𑀫 (Brahmi script)
• ကလမ (Burmese script)
• કલમ (Gujarati script)
• ਕਲਮ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌕𑌲𑌮 (Grantha script)
• ꦏꦭꦩ (Javanese script)
• 𑂍𑂪𑂧 (Kaithi script)
• ಕಲಮ (Kannada script)
• កលម (Khmer script)
• ກລມ (Lao script)
• കലമ (Malayalam script)
• ᡬᠠᠯᠠᠮᠠ (Manchu script)
• 𑘎𑘩𑘦 (Modi script)
• ᢉᠠᠯᠠᠮᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
• 𑦮𑧉𑧆 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐎𑐮𑐩 (Newa script)
• କଲମ (Odia script)
• ꢒꢭꢪ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆑𑆬𑆩 (Sharada script)
• 𑖎𑖩𑖦 (Siddham script)
• කලම (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩜𑩽𑩴 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚊𑚥𑚢 (Takri script)
• கலம (Tamil script)
• కలమ (Telugu script)
• กลม (Thai script)
• ཀ་ལ་མ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒏𑒪𑒧 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨋𑨬𑨢 (Zanabazar Square script)

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /kɐ.lɐ.mɐ/
• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈkɐ.l̪ɐ.mɐ/

Etymology 1

According to the Uṇādi-sūtra, iv, p.84, from the root √kal (“to sound”).

Noun

कलम • (kalama) stem, m

1. a sort of rice (sown in May and June and ripening in December or January)

Declension

Masculine a-stem declension of कलम (kalama)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	कलमः kalamaḥ	कलमौ / कलमा¹ kalamau / kalamā¹	कलमाः / कलमासः¹ kalamāḥ / kalamāsaḥ¹
Vocative	कलम kalama	कलमौ / कलमा¹ kalamau / kalamā¹	कलमाः / कलमासः¹ kalamāḥ / kalamāsaḥ¹
Accusative	कलमम् kalamam	कलमौ / कलमा¹ kalamau / kalamā¹	कलमान् kalamān
Instrumental	कलमेन kalamena	कलमाभ्याम् kalamābhyām	कलमैः / कलमेभिः¹ kalamaiḥ / kalamebhiḥ¹
Dative	कलमाय kalamāya	कलमाभ्याम् kalamābhyām	कलमेभ्यः kalamebhyaḥ
Ablative	कलमात् kalamāt	कलमाभ्याम् kalamābhyām	कलमेभ्यः kalamebhyaḥ
Genitive	कलमस्य kalamasya	कलमयोः kalamayoḥ	कलमानाम् kalamānām
Locative	कलमे kalame	कलमयोः kalamayoḥ	कलमेषु kalameṣu
Notes	¹Vedic

Etymology 2

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

Noun

कलम • (kalama) stem, m

1. writing reed

Declension

Masculine a-stem declension of कलम (kalama)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	कलमः kalamaḥ	कलमौ / कलमा¹ kalamau / kalamā¹	कलमाः / कलमासः¹ kalamāḥ / kalamāsaḥ¹
Vocative	कलम kalama	कलमौ / कलमा¹ kalamau / kalamā¹	कलमाः / कलमासः¹ kalamāḥ / kalamāsaḥ¹
Accusative	कलमम् kalamam	कलमौ / कलमा¹ kalamau / kalamā¹	कलमान् kalamān
Instrumental	कलमेन kalamena	कलमाभ्याम् kalamābhyām	कलमैः / कलमेभिः¹ kalamaiḥ / kalamebhiḥ¹
Dative	कलमाय kalamāya	कलमाभ्याम् kalamābhyām	कलमेभ्यः kalamebhyaḥ
Ablative	कलमात् kalamāt	कलमाभ्याम् kalamābhyām	कलमेभ्यः kalamebhyaḥ
Genitive	कलमस्य kalamasya	कलमयोः kalamayoḥ	कलमानाम् kalamānām
Locative	कलमे kalame	कलमयोः kalamayoḥ	कलमेषु kalameṣu
Notes	¹Vedic

Etymology 3

Borrowed from Dravidian, ultimately from Proto-Dravidian *kaḷ-.

Noun

कलम • (kalama) stem, m

1. thief

Declension

Masculine a-stem declension of कलम (kalama)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	कलमः kalamaḥ	कलमौ / कलमा¹ kalamau / kalamā¹	कलमाः / कलमासः¹ kalamāḥ / kalamāsaḥ¹
Vocative	कलम kalama	कलमौ / कलमा¹ kalamau / kalamā¹	कलमाः / कलमासः¹ kalamāḥ / kalamāsaḥ¹
Accusative	कलमम् kalamam	कलमौ / कलमा¹ kalamau / kalamā¹	कलमान् kalamān
Instrumental	कलमेन kalamena	कलमाभ्याम् kalamābhyām	कलमैः / कलमेभिः¹ kalamaiḥ / kalamebhiḥ¹
Dative	कलमाय kalamāya	कलमाभ्याम् kalamābhyām	कलमेभ्यः kalamebhyaḥ
Ablative	कलमात् kalamāt	कलमाभ्याम् kalamābhyām	कलमेभ्यः kalamebhyaḥ
Genitive	कलमस्य kalamasya	कलमयोः kalamayoḥ	कलमानाम् kalamānām
Locative	कलमे kalame	कलमयोः kalamayoḥ	कलमेषु kalameṣu
Notes	¹Vedic

References

• Monier Williams (1899) “कलम”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 0260.
• Apte, Macdonell (2022) “कलम”, in Digital Dictionaries of South India [Combined Sanskrit Dictionaries]