कलाम

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian کلام (kalām), Arabic كَلَام (kalām).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /kə.lɑːm/, [kɐ.lä̃ːm]

Noun

कलाम • (kalām) m (Urdu spelling کلام)

1. word, speech, discourse

   कलाम करना ― kalām karnā ― to relate, to discourse

2. a complete sentence or proposition
3. a composition or work

Related terms

• कलाम-ए-मजीद (kalām-e-majīd)
• कलामुल्लाह (kalāmullāh)
• कलीम (kalīm)
• तकिया-कलाम (takiyā-kalām)
• ला-कलाम (lā-kalām)
• शीरीं-कलाम (śīrī̃-kalām)
• हम-कलाम (ham-kalām)
• हासिल-कलाम (hāsil-kalām)

References

• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “कलाम”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press
• Platts, John T. (1884) “कलाम”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.