Etymology

qalam

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Today it means: A reed pen used for Islamic calligraphy Full definition →

Arabic قَلَم ← Ancient Greek κάλαμος
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The story

  1. Ancient Greek · derived fromκάλαμος“reed”
  2. Arabic · borrowed fromقَلَم“pen”
  3. English todayqalam

Borrowed from Arabic قَلَم (qalam, “pen”), derived from Ancient Greek κάλαμος (kálamos, “reed”). Doublet of calamus.

Words from the same roots

Ancient Greekκάλαμος all →

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Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.