kalem

== Gagauz == === Etymology === Ultimately from Arabic قَلَم (qalam), itself from Ancient Greek κάλαμος (kálamos). Compare Turkish kalem. === Noun === kalem reed === References === == Indonesian == === Etymology === Borrowed from Javanese ꦏꦊꦩ꧀ (kalem), from Dutch kalm. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [ˈkaləm] Hyphenation: ka‧lêm === Adjective === kalêm calm Synonyms: tenang, santai === Further reading === “kalem”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016 == Javanese == === Romanization === kalem romanization of ꦏꦊꦩ꧀ == Ladino == === Etymology === From Ottoman Turkish قلم (kalem), from Arabic قَلَم (qalam), from Ancient Greek κάλαμος (kálamos). === Noun === kalem m pencil == 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 inan (Cyrillic spelling ка̀лем) reel (frame with radial arms) ==== Declension ==== === Noun === kalem (Cyrillic spelling калем) instrumental singular of kal == Turkish == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /kaˈlem/, [kaˈlæm] === Etymology 1 === Inherited from Ottoman Turkish قلم (kalem), from Old Anatolian Turkish قَلَمۡ (qalem), borrowed from Classical Persian قَلَم (qalam), borrowed from Arabic قَلَم (qalam), from Ancient Greek κάλαμος (kálamos), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱélh₂m̥ (“reed, straw”). Doublet of kalamar. ==== Alternative forms ==== kelem ==== Noun ==== kalem (definite accusative kalemi, plural kalemler) pen, pencil, or any similar writing tool an item from a written list (historical) a clerical or bureaucratic office in the Ottoman government ===== Declension ===== ===== Derived terms ===== ==== Further reading ==== Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007), “kalem¹”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 3, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 2352 === Etymology 2 === ==== Noun ==== kalem first-person singular possessive of kale (“castle”)