కలము
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Telugu
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]- కలం (kalaṁ)
Pronunciation
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]Borrowed from Arabic قَلَم (qalam), from Ancient Greek κάλαμος (kálamos, “reed”).
Noun
[edit]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- pen (a tool, originally made from a feather but now usually a small tubular instrument, containing ink used to write or make marks)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
[edit]Inherited from Proto-Dravidian *kalam.
Noun
[edit]కలము • (kalamu) n (plural కలములు)
References
[edit]- "కలము" in Charles Philip Brown (1903) A Telugu-English dictionary, Madras: Promoting Christian Knowledge, page 257