कलम
See also: क़लम
Hindi
Pronunciation
- (Delhi Hindi) IPA(key): /kə.ləm/, [kɐ.lɐ̃m]
Nepali
Etymology
Borrowed from Arabic قَلَم (qalam), or from Sanskrit कलम (kalama), both from Ancient Greek κάλαμος (kálamos, “reed”). Compare Hindi क़लम (qalam).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [kʌlʌm]
- Phonetic Devanagari: कलम्
Sanskrit
Alternative scripts
Alternative scripts
- কলম (Assamese script)
- ᬓᬮᬫ (Balinese script)
- কলম (Bengali script)
- 𑰎𑰩𑰦 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀓𑀮𑀫 (Brahmi script)
- ကလမ (Burmese script)
- કલમ (Gujarati script)
- ਕਲਮ (Gurmukhi script)
- 𑌕𑌲𑌮 (Grantha script)
- ꦏꦭꦩ (Javanese script)
- 𑂍𑂪𑂧 (Kaithi script)
- ಕಲಮ (Kannada script)
- កលម (Khmer script)
- ກລມ (Lao script)
- കലമ (Malayalam script)
- ᡬᠠᠯᠠᠮᠠ (Manchu script)
- 𑘎𑘩𑘦 (Modi script)
- ᢉᠠᠯᠠᠮᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
- 𑦮𑧉𑧆 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐎𑐮𑐩 (Newa script)
- କଲମ (Odia script)
- ꢒꢭꢪ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆑𑆬𑆩 (Sharada script)
- 𑖎𑖩𑖦 (Siddham script)
- කලම (Sinhalese script)
- 𑩜𑩽𑩴 (Soyombo script)
- 𑚊𑚥𑚢 (Takri script)
- கலம (Tamil script)
- కలమ (Telugu script)
- กลม (Thai script)
- ཀ་ལ་མ (Tibetan script)
- 𑒏𑒪𑒧 (Tirhuta script)
- 𑨋𑨬𑨢 (Zanabazar Square script)
Etymology 1
According to the Uṇādi-sūtra, iv, p.84, from the root √kal (“to sound”).
Noun
कलम • (kalama) stem, m
- a sort of rice (sown in May and June and ripening in December or January)
Declension
| Masculine a-stem declension of कलम (kalama) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Dual | Plural | |
| Nominative | कलमः kalamaḥ |
कलमौ / कलमा¹ kalamau / kalamā¹ |
कलमाः / कलमासः¹ kalamāḥ / kalamāsaḥ¹ |
| Vocative | कलम kalama |
कलमौ / कलमा¹ kalamau / kalamā¹ |
कलमाः / कलमासः¹ kalamāḥ / kalamāsaḥ¹ |
| Accusative | कलमम् kalamam |
कलमौ / कलमा¹ kalamau / kalamā¹ |
कलमान् kalamān |
| Instrumental | कलमेन kalamena |
कलमाभ्याम् kalamābhyām |
कलमैः / कलमेभिः¹ kalamaiḥ / kalamebhiḥ¹ |
| Dative | कलमाय kalamāya |
कलमाभ्याम् kalamābhyām |
कलमेभ्यः kalamebhyaḥ |
| Ablative | कलमात् kalamāt |
कलमाभ्याम् kalamābhyām |
कलमेभ्यः kalamebhyaḥ |
| Genitive | कलमस्य kalamasya |
कलमयोः kalamayoḥ |
कलमानाम् kalamānām |
| Locative | कलमे kalame |
कलमयोः kalamayoḥ |
कलमेषु kalameṣu |
| Notes |
| ||
Etymology 2
Borrowed from Ancient Greek κάλαμος (kálamos, “reed”).
Declension
| Masculine a-stem declension of कलम (kalama) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Dual | Plural | |
| Nominative | कलमः kalamaḥ |
कलमौ / कलमा¹ kalamau / kalamā¹ |
कलमाः / कलमासः¹ kalamāḥ / kalamāsaḥ¹ |
| Vocative | कलम kalama |
कलमौ / कलमा¹ kalamau / kalamā¹ |
कलमाः / कलमासः¹ kalamāḥ / kalamāsaḥ¹ |
| Accusative | कलमम् kalamam |
कलमौ / कलमा¹ kalamau / kalamā¹ |
कलमान् kalamān |
| Instrumental | कलमेन kalamena |
कलमाभ्याम् kalamābhyām |
कलमैः / कलमेभिः¹ kalamaiḥ / kalamebhiḥ¹ |
| Dative | कलमाय kalamāya |
कलमाभ्याम् kalamābhyām |
कलमेभ्यः kalamebhyaḥ |
| Ablative | कलमात् kalamāt |
कलमाभ्याम् kalamābhyām |
कलमेभ्यः kalamebhyaḥ |
| Genitive | कलमस्य kalamasya |
कलमयोः kalamayoḥ |
कलमानाम् kalamānām |
| Locative | कलमे kalame |
कलमयोः kalamayoḥ |
कलमेषु kalameṣu |
| Notes |
| ||
Etymology 3
Borrowed from Dravidian, ultimately from Proto-Dravidian *kaḷ-.
Declension
| Masculine a-stem declension of कलम (kalama) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Dual | Plural | |
| Nominative | कलमः kalamaḥ |
कलमौ / कलमा¹ kalamau / kalamā¹ |
कलमाः / कलमासः¹ kalamāḥ / kalamāsaḥ¹ |
| Vocative | कलम kalama |
कलमौ / कलमा¹ kalamau / kalamā¹ |
कलमाः / कलमासः¹ kalamāḥ / kalamāsaḥ¹ |
| Accusative | कलमम् kalamam |
कलमौ / कलमा¹ kalamau / kalamā¹ |
कलमान् kalamān |
| Instrumental | कलमेन kalamena |
कलमाभ्याम् kalamābhyām |
कलमैः / कलमेभिः¹ kalamaiḥ / kalamebhiḥ¹ |
| Dative | कलमाय kalamāya |
कलमाभ्याम् kalamābhyām |
कलमेभ्यः kalamebhyaḥ |
| Ablative | कलमात् kalamāt |
कलमाभ्याम् kalamābhyām |
कलमेभ्यः kalamebhyaḥ |
| Genitive | कलमस्य kalamasya |
कलमयोः kalamayoḥ |
कलमानाम् kalamānām |
| Locative | कलमे kalame |
कलमयोः kalamayoḥ |
कलमेषु kalameṣu |
| Notes |
| ||
References
- Monier Williams (1899) “कलम”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 0260.
- Apte, Macdonell (2022) “कलम”, in Digital Dictionaries of South India [Combined Sanskrit Dictionaries]
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