కలము
Jump to navigation
Jump to search
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- pen (a tool, originally made from a feather but now usually a small tubular instrument, containing ink used to write or make marks)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