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калем

калем

Kyrgyz

Noun

калем (kalem)

  1. pen (writing instrument)

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Borrowing from Ottoman Turkish [Term?] (Turkish kalem), from Arabic قَلَم (qalam), from Ancient Greek κάλαμος (kálamos).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kǎlem/
  • Hyphenation: ка‧лем

Noun

ка̀лем m (Latin spelling kàlem)

  1. reel (frame with radial arms)

Declension