kalem

See also: kałem and калем

Gagauz

Etymology

Ultimately from Arabic قَلَم (qalam), itself from Ancient Greek κάλαμος (kálamos). Compare Turkish kalem.

Noun

kalem

1. reed

Indonesian

Etymology

Borrowed from Javanese ꦏꦊꦩ꧀ (kalem), from Dutch kalm.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈkaləm]
• Hyphenation: ka‧lêm

Adjective

kalem or kalêm

1. calm

   Synonyms: tenang, santai

Further reading

• “kalem” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

Javanese

Romanization

kalem

1. Romanization of ꦏꦊꦩ꧀

Ladino

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish قلم (kalem), from Arabic قَلَم (qalam), from Ancient Greek κάλαμος (kálamos).

Noun

kalem m

1. pencil
   • 2017 July 20, Esti SAUL, “Pablo Picasso (1881-1973) i sus Heliogravures Umoristikas”, in Şalom Gazetesi‎^[1]:

     Amorozo del desen deste su chikez, no desha el kalem de su mano.

     In love with design since childhood, he never put the pencil down.

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish قلم (kalem), (Turkish kalem), from Arabic قَلَم (qalam), from Ancient Greek κάλαμος (kálamos). Doublet of slȁma.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kǎlem/
• Hyphenation: ka‧lem

Noun

kàlem m (Cyrillic spelling ка̀лем)

1. reel (frame with radial arms)

Declension

Declension of kalem

	singular	plural
nominative	kàlem	kalemi
genitive	kàlema	kȁlēmā
dative	kalemu	kalemima
accusative	kalem	kaleme
vocative	kaleme	kalemi
locative	kalemu	kalemima
instrumental	kalemom	kalemima

Noun

kalem (Cyrillic spelling калем)

1. instrumental singular of kal

Turkish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kaˈlem/, [kaˈlæm]

Etymology 1

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish قلم (kalem), from Arabic قَلَم (qalam), from Ancient Greek κάλαμος (kálamos). Doublet of kalamar.

Noun

kalem (definite accusative kalemi, plural kalemler)

1. pen, pencil, or any similar writing tool

Declension

Declension of kalem

	singular	plural
nominative	kalem	kalemler
definite accusative	kalemi	kalemleri
dative	kaleme	kalemlere
locative	kalemde	kalemlerde
ablative	kalemden	kalemlerden
genitive	kalemin	kalemlerin

Derived terms

• kalem kalem
• kalem kırmak
• kaleme almak
• kalemlik

Etymology 2

Noun

kalem

1. first-person singular possessive of kale (“castle”)