kalem.
pen, pencil, or any similar writing tool
Meaning & usage
pen, pencil, or any similar writing tool
an item from a written list
a clerical or bureaucratic office in the Ottoman government
Where this word comes from
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.
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