కలము

See also: కాలము, కీలము, కులము, కూలము, కలిమి, and కోలము

Telugu

Alternative forms

కలం (kalaṁ)

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /kalamu/

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Arabic قَلَم (qalam), from Ancient Greek κάλαμος (kálamos, “reed”).

Noun

కలము • (kalamu) n (plural కలములు)

pen (a tool, originally made from a feather but now usually a small tubular instrument, containing ink used to write or make marks)

Etymology 2

Inherited from Proto-Dravidian *kalam.

Noun

కలము • (kalamu) n (plural కలములు)

boat or ship

References

"కలము" in Charles Philip Brown (1903) A Telugu-English dictionary, Madras: Promoting Christian Knowledge, page 257

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