καλέμι

Greek

Etymology

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish قلم (kalem) (ultimately from Ancient Greek κάλαμος (kálamos)), whence modern Turkish kalem. Doublet of κάλαμος (kálamos) and καλάμι (kalámi).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kaˈle.mi/

Noun

καλέμι • (kalémi) n (plural καλέμια)

1. cold chisel

Declension

Declension of καλέμι

	singular	plural
nominative	καλέμι •	καλέμια •
genitive	καλεμιού •	καλεμιών •
accusative	καλέμι •	καλέμια •
vocative	καλέμι •	καλέμια •

Further reading

• καλέμι, in Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής [Dictionary of Standard Modern Greek], Triantafyllidis Foundation, 1998 at the Centre for the Greek language