qalamdan
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[edit]![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ce/Pen_box_%28Qalamdan%29_by_Shaykh_Muhammad_%28Shaykh_Kamal_Sabzavar%29%2C_1587%2C_Gujarat%2C_India%2C_lacquered_teakwood_with_mother-of-pearl_inlay_-_Freer_Gallery_of_Art_-_DSC05236.JPG/220px-thumbnail.jpg)
Etymology
[edit]From Persian قلمدان (qalamdân), from قلم (qalam, “pen”) + ـدان (-dân, “container”).
Noun
[edit]qalamdan (plural qalamdans)
- A Persian box or case for storing a pen.
- 1985, Stuart Cary Welch, India: Art and Culture, 1300-1900, page 139:
- Like other qalamdans made for discerning and affluent penmen, this one is inscribed with its maker's name and the date of its execution as well as a virtual anthology of appropriate Arabic and Persian verses.