kalamu
Swahili
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Etymology
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Borrowed from Arabic قَلَم (qalam).[1]
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]kalamu class IX (plural kalamu class X)
Descendants
[edit]- → Luo: kalam
References
[edit]- ^ Baldi, Sergio (30 November 2020), Dictionary of Arabic Loanwords in the Languages of Central and East Africa (Handbuch der Orientalistik; Erste Abteilung: Der Nahe und der Mittlere Osten; 145), Leiden • Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 251 Nr. 2335
Yoruba
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Arabic قَلَم (qalam).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]Categories:
- Swahili terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- Swahili terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European word *ḱélh₂m̥
- Swahili terms derived from Ancient Greek
- Swahili terms derived from Arabic
- Swahili terms borrowed from Arabic
- Swahili terms with audio pronunciation
- Swahili lemmas
- Swahili nouns
- Swahili class IX nouns
- sw:Writing instruments
- Yoruba terms borrowed from Arabic
- Yoruba terms derived from Arabic
- Yoruba terms with IPA pronunciation
- Yoruba lemmas
- Yoruba nouns
- yo:Writing instruments