क़लम

See also: कलम

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic قَلَم (qalam), from Ancient Greek κάλαμος (kálamos, “reed”).

Pronunciation

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

Noun

क़लम • (qalam) f (Urdu spelling قلم)

1. pen; reed pen

   Synonyms: लेखनी (lekhnī), पेन (pen)

2. reed
3. (agriculture) cuttings

References

• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “क़लम”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press