کلام

See also: كلام

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic كَلَام (kalām).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [ka.ˈlɑːm]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [kʰä.lɑ́ːm]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [kʰä.lɑ́ːm]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [kʰä.lɑ́ːm]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [kʰä.lɔ́ːm]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [kʰʲæ.lɒ́ːm]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [kʰä.lɔ́m]

Readings
Classical reading?	kalām
Dari reading?	kalām
Iranian reading?	kalâm
Tajik reading?	kalom

Noun

کَلام • (kalâm)

1. speech; word; utterance; talk

   Synonym: سخن (soxan)

   • c. 1380, Jahān Malik Khātūn, “Introduction”, in دیوان جهان [Divān-i Jahān]‎^[1]:

     گاه اعجاز عیسوی را در سخن طفل تعبیه کرد و گاه سبب نجات دنیوی و اخروی در کلام امییی به ودیعت نهاد.

     gāh i'jāz-i īsawī rā dar suxan-i tifl ta'bīya kard u gāh sabab-i najāt-i dunyawī u uxrawī dar kalām-i amīnī ba wadī'at nihād.

     He once arranged the miracle of Jesus in the words of a child [the Quranic miracle of the child Jesus who brought clay birds to life with his breath], and He once deposited the means for salvation in this world and the world to come in secure speech [i.e. the Quran].

     (Classical Persian romanization)

2. (Islam, theology) scholastic theology; Short for علم کلام (elm-e kalâm).

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic كَلَام (kalām).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /kə.lɑːm/

• Audio (Pakistan):

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• Rhymes: -ɑːm

Noun

کَلام • (kalām) m (Hindi spelling कलाम)

1. speech
2. word
3. discourse

References

• Platts, John T. (1884) “کلام”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.
• “کلام”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
• “کلام”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.