क़लम
See also: कलम
Hindi
editAlternative forms
edit- कलम (kalam) — nuqtaless
Etymology
editBorrowed 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
editNoun
editक़लम • (qalam) f (Urdu spelling قلم)
Declension
editDeclension of क़लम (fem cons-stem)
Descendants
edit- → Burmese: ကလောင် (ka.laung)
References
edit- 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 [Varanasi]: 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
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