kalem

Ultimately from Arabic قَلَم (qalam), itself from Ancient Greek κάλαμος (kálamos).^[1] Compare Turkish kalem.

kalem

1. reed

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

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

kalêm

1. calm

   Synonyms: tenang, santai

• “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.

kalem

1. romanization of ꦏꦊꦩ꧀

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

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.

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

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

kàlem m inan (Cyrillic spelling ка̀лем)

1. reel (frame with radial arms)

kalem (Cyrillic spelling калем)

1. instrumental singular of kal

• IPA^(key): /kaˈlem/, [kaˈlæm]

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

kalem (definite accusative kalemi, plural kalemler)

1. pen, pencil, or any similar writing tool

kalem

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