कलम

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See also: क़लम

Hindi[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

  • (Delhi Hindi) IPA(key): /kə.ləm/, [kɐ.lɐ̃m]

Noun[edit]

कलम (kalamf

  1. nuqtaless form of क़लम (qalam)

Declension[edit]

Nepali[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Arabic قَلَم (qalam), or from Sanskrit कलम (kalama), both from Ancient Greek κάλαμος (kálamos, reed). Compare Hindi क़लम (qalam).

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

कलम (kalam)

  1. pen

Sanskrit[edit]

Alternative scripts[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

According to the Uṇādi-sūtra, iv, p.84, from the root √kal (to sound).

Noun[edit]

कलम (kalama) stemm

  1. a sort of rice (sown in May and June and ripening in December or January)
Declension[edit]
Masculine a-stem declension of कलम (kalama)
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative कलमः
kalamaḥ
कलमौ / कलमा¹
kalamau / kalamā¹
कलमाः / कलमासः¹
kalamāḥ / kalamāsaḥ¹
Vocative कलम
kalama
कलमौ / कलमा¹
kalamau / kalamā¹
कलमाः / कलमासः¹
kalamāḥ / kalamāsaḥ¹
Accusative कलमम्
kalamam
कलमौ / कलमा¹
kalamau / kalamā¹
कलमान्
kalamān
Instrumental कलमेन
kalamena
कलमाभ्याम्
kalamābhyām
कलमैः / कलमेभिः¹
kalamaiḥ / kalamebhiḥ¹
Dative कलमाय
kalamāya
कलमाभ्याम्
kalamābhyām
कलमेभ्यः
kalamebhyaḥ
Ablative कलमात्
kalamāt
कलमाभ्याम्
kalamābhyām
कलमेभ्यः
kalamebhyaḥ
Genitive कलमस्य
kalamasya
कलमयोः
kalamayoḥ
कलमानाम्
kalamānām
Locative कलमे
kalame
कलमयोः
kalamayoḥ
कलमेषु
kalameṣu
Notes
  • ¹Vedic

Etymology 2[edit]

Borrowed from Ancient Greek κάλαμος (kálamos, reed).

Noun[edit]

कलम (kalama) stemm

  1. writing reed
Declension[edit]
Masculine a-stem declension of कलम (kalama)
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative कलमः
kalamaḥ
कलमौ / कलमा¹
kalamau / kalamā¹
कलमाः / कलमासः¹
kalamāḥ / kalamāsaḥ¹
Vocative कलम
kalama
कलमौ / कलमा¹
kalamau / kalamā¹
कलमाः / कलमासः¹
kalamāḥ / kalamāsaḥ¹
Accusative कलमम्
kalamam
कलमौ / कलमा¹
kalamau / kalamā¹
कलमान्
kalamān
Instrumental कलमेन
kalamena
कलमाभ्याम्
kalamābhyām
कलमैः / कलमेभिः¹
kalamaiḥ / kalamebhiḥ¹
Dative कलमाय
kalamāya
कलमाभ्याम्
kalamābhyām
कलमेभ्यः
kalamebhyaḥ
Ablative कलमात्
kalamāt
कलमाभ्याम्
kalamābhyām
कलमेभ्यः
kalamebhyaḥ
Genitive कलमस्य
kalamasya
कलमयोः
kalamayoḥ
कलमानाम्
kalamānām
Locative कलमे
kalame
कलमयोः
kalamayoḥ
कलमेषु
kalameṣu
Notes
  • ¹Vedic

Etymology 3[edit]

Borrowed from Dravidian, ultimately from Proto-Dravidian *kaḷ-.

Noun[edit]

कलम (kalama) stemm

  1. thief
Declension[edit]
Masculine a-stem declension of कलम (kalama)
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative कलमः
kalamaḥ
कलमौ / कलमा¹
kalamau / kalamā¹
कलमाः / कलमासः¹
kalamāḥ / kalamāsaḥ¹
Vocative कलम
kalama
कलमौ / कलमा¹
kalamau / kalamā¹
कलमाः / कलमासः¹
kalamāḥ / kalamāsaḥ¹
Accusative कलमम्
kalamam
कलमौ / कलमा¹
kalamau / kalamā¹
कलमान्
kalamān
Instrumental कलमेन
kalamena
कलमाभ्याम्
kalamābhyām
कलमैः / कलमेभिः¹
kalamaiḥ / kalamebhiḥ¹
Dative कलमाय
kalamāya
कलमाभ्याम्
kalamābhyām
कलमेभ्यः
kalamebhyaḥ
Ablative कलमात्
kalamāt
कलमाभ्याम्
kalamābhyām
कलमेभ्यः
kalamebhyaḥ
Genitive कलमस्य
kalamasya
कलमयोः
kalamayoḥ
कलमानाम्
kalamānām
Locative कलमे
kalame
कलमयोः
kalamayoḥ
कलमेषु
kalameṣu
Notes
  • ¹Vedic

References[edit]

  • Monier Williams (1899) “कलम”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, [], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 0260.
  • Apte, Macdonell (2022) “कलम”, in Digital Dictionaries of South India [Combined Sanskrit Dictionaries]