qalamdan

English

A qalamdan, by Shaykh Muhammad (Shaykh Kamal Sabzavar), 1587

Etymology

From Persian قلمدان (qalamdân), from قلم (qalam, “pen”) + ـدان (-dân, “container”).

Noun

qalamdan (plural qalamdans)

1. A Persian box or case for storing a pen.
   • 1985, Stuart Cary Welch, India: Art and Culture, 1300-1900, page 139:

     Like other qalamdans made for discerning and affluent penmen, this one is inscribed with its maker's name and the date of its execution as well as a virtual anthology of appropriate Arabic and Persian verses.

Hypernyms

• pencase