kalem

See also: kałem and калем

Gagauz

Etymology

Ultimately from Arabic قَلَم (qalam), itself from Ancient Greek κάλαμος (kálamos). Compare Turkish kalem.

Noun

kalem

1. reed

Indonesian

Etymology

Borrowed from Javanese ꦏꦊꦩ꧀ (kalem), from Dutch kalm.

Pronunciation

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

Adjective

kalêm

1. calm

   Synonyms: tenang, santai

Further reading

• “kalem”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016

Javanese

Romanization

kalem

1. romanization of ꦏꦊꦩ꧀

Ladino

Etymology

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

Noun

kalem m

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.

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Noun

kàlem m inan (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

Turkish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kaˈlem/, [kaˈlæm]

Etymology 1

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *ḱélh₂m̥

Ancient Greek κάλαμος (kálamos)der.

Arabic قَلَم (qalam)bor.

Classical Persian قَلَم (qalam)bor.

Old Anatolian Turkish قَلَمۡ (qalem)

Ottoman Turkish قلم (kalem)

Turkish kalem

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish قلم (kalem), from Old Anatolian Turkish قَلَمۡ (qalem), borrowed from Classical Persian قَلَم (qalam), borrowed from Arabic قَلَم (qalam), from Ancient Greek κάλαμος (kálamos), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱélh₂m̥ (“reed, straw”). Doublet of kalamar.

Alternative forms

• kelem

Noun

kalem (definite accusative kalemi, plural kalemler)

1. pen, pencil, or any similar writing tool
2. an item from a written list
3. (historical) a clerical or bureaucratic office in the Ottoman government

Declension

Declension of kalem

singular plural nominative kalem kalemler definite accusative kalemi kalemleri dative kaleme kalemlere locative kalemde kalemlerde ablative kalemden kalemlerden genitive kalemin kalemlerin Possessive forms nominative singular plural 1st singular kalemim kalemlerim 2nd singular kalemin kalemlerin 3rd singular kalemi kalemleri 1st plural kalemimiz kalemlerimiz 2nd plural kaleminiz kalemleriniz 3rd plural kalemleri kalemleri definite accusative singular plural 1st singular kalemimi kalemlerimi 2nd singular kalemini kalemlerini 3rd singular kalemini kalemlerini 1st plural kalemimizi kalemlerimizi 2nd plural kaleminizi kalemlerinizi 3rd plural kalemlerini kalemlerini dative singular plural 1st singular kalemime kalemlerime 2nd singular kalemine kalemlerine 3rd singular kalemine kalemlerine 1st plural kalemimize kalemlerimize 2nd plural kaleminize kalemlerinize 3rd plural kalemlerine kalemlerine locative singular plural 1st singular kalemimde kalemlerimde 2nd singular kaleminde kalemlerinde 3rd singular kaleminde kalemlerinde 1st plural kalemimizde kalemlerimizde 2nd plural kaleminizde kalemlerinizde 3rd plural kalemlerinde kalemlerinde ablative singular plural 1st singular kalemimden kalemlerimden 2nd singular kaleminden kalemlerinden 3rd singular kaleminden kalemlerinden 1st plural kalemimizden kalemlerimizden 2nd plural kaleminizden kalemlerinizden 3rd plural kalemlerinden kalemlerinden genitive singular plural 1st singular kalemimin kalemlerimin 2nd singular kaleminin kalemlerinin 3rd singular kaleminin kalemlerinin 1st plural kalemimizin kalemlerimizin 2nd plural kaleminizin kalemlerinizin 3rd plural kalemlerinin kalemlerinin

Derived terms

• bacakkalemi
• dolma kalem
• kalem kalem
• kalem kırmak
• kaleme almak
• kalemlik

Further reading

• Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007), “kalem¹”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 3, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 2352

Etymology 2

Noun

kalem

1. first-person singular possessive of kale (“castle”)