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- pen (a tool, originally made from a feather but now usually a small tubular instrument, containing ink used to write or make marks)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