కలము
Telugu edit
Alternative forms edit
- కలం (kalaṁ)
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
Borrowed from Arabic قَلَم (qalam), from Ancient Greek κάλαμος (kálamos, “reed”).
Noun edit
కలము • (kalamu) n (plural కలములు)
- pen (a tool, originally made from a feather but now usually a small tubular instrument, containing ink used to write or make marks)
Etymology 2 edit
Inherited from Proto-Dravidian *kalam.
Noun edit
కలము • (kalamu) n (plural కలములు)
References edit
- "కలము" in Charles Philip Brown (1903) A Telugu-English dictionary, Madras: Promoting Christian Knowledge, page 257