kalem

See also: kałem and калем

Indonesian

Etymology

Unknown, probably from Dutch kalm.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈkaləm]
• Hyphenation: ka‧lêm

Adjective

kalem or kalêm

1. calm

   Synonyms: tenang, santai

Further reading

• “kalem” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

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Ladino

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish قلم (kalem), from Arabic قَلَم (qalam), from Ancient Greek κάλαμος (kálamos).

Noun

kalem m (Latin spelling)

1. pencil
   • 2017 July 20, Esti SAUL, “Pablo Picasso (1881-1973) i sus Heliogravures Umoristikas”, in Şalom Gazetesi‎^[1]:

     Amorozo del desen deste su chikez, no desha el kalem de su mano.

     In love with design since childhood, he never put the pencil down.

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Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish قلم (kalem), (Turkish kalem), from Arabic قَلَم (qalam), from Ancient Greek κάλαμος (kálamos).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kǎlem/
• Hyphenation: ka‧lem

Noun

kàlem m (Cyrillic spelling ка̀лем)

1. reel (frame with radial arms)

Declension

Declension of kalem

	singular	plural
nominative	kàlem	kalemi
genitive	kàlema	kȁlēmā
dative	kalemu	kalemima
accusative	kalem	kaleme
vocative	kaleme	kalemi
locative	kalemu	kalemima
instrumental	kalemom	kalemima

Noun

kalem (Cyrillic spelling калем)

1. instrumental singular of kal

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Turkish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kɑˈlæm/

Etymology 1

From Ottoman Turkish قلم (kalem), from Arabic قَلَم (qalam), from Ancient Greek κάλαμος (kálamos).

Noun

kalem (definite accusative kalemi, plural kalemler)

1. pen

Declension

Inflection
Nominative	kalem
Definite accusative	kalemi
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	kalem	kalemler
Definite accusative	kalemi	kalemleri
Dative	kaleme	kalemlere
Locative	kalemde	kalemlerde
Ablative	kalemden	kalemlerden
Genitive	kalemin	kalemlerin

Derived terms

• kalemlik (“pencil case”)

Etymology 2

Noun

kalem

1. possessive first-person singular, singular possession of kale