قلم qalam fr. qalm, 'paring,' inf. n. of قلم; cf. Gr. κάλαμος; Lat. calamus, and culmus; S. कलम
A قلم qalam (fr. qalm, 'paring,' inf. n. of قلم; cf. Gr. κάλαμος; Lat. calamus, and culmus; S. कलम), s.m. & f. A reed; reed-pen, pen; a pencil; a painter's brush;—an engraving tool;—a mode of writing, character, handwriting;—s.f. Cuttings (of trees, &c., for planting), a set, a slip; a section, paragraph (of a chapter in a book);—the upper part of the beard tapering to a point; a kind of firework;—a crystal (as of salts);—qalam uṭhā-kar likhnā, or qalam bar-dāshta likhnā, To write offhand:—qalam-andāz, adj. lit. 'Throwing away the pen'; neglecting (to write); omitting (in writing);—qalam-andāz karnā, v.t. To omit, leave out (in writing):—qalam banānā, To make or mend a pen;—to shave the upper part of the beard:—qalam-band, adj. Penned, noted down, written, written out or down; inserted, entered, recorded, registered; taken into account:—qalam-band karnā, v.t. To take down in writing, to commit to writing, to write; to note down, make an entry of, book, enter, insert;—qalam-band honā, v.n. To be written, to be taken down in writing, &c.:—qalam-bandī, s.f. Insertion, entry; enrolling, enlisting; a writing of distinct heads and items (as a code of instructions, or the articles of an agreement, or a settlement, &c.); signing an agreement; signature:—qalam-pāk, s.m. A pen-wiper:—qalam phernā (-par), To draw the pen (through), to strike out; to obliterate, erase; to cancel:—qalam-tarāsh, s.f. A pen-knife: qalam-jārī, s.f. Enrolling, enlisting, levying of forces:—qalam jārī rahnā (-kī), 'One's pen to continue to run'; to continue in office or authority:—qalam ćalānā, 'To drive the pen,' to write:—qalam-dān, s.m. Pen-case, pen-and-ink-case, a standish; the ensign of the viziership;—qalam-dān denā (-ko), 'To give the pen-case' (to); to confer a post (upon);—to raise to the dignity of vizier or minister:—qalam-dawāt, Pen and ink or inkstand:—qalam-rav or rau, s.m., or qalam-ravī or rauʼī, s.f. Empire, dominion, domain, territories, sovereignty, jurisdiction:—qalam-kār, s.m. A writer; an engraver; a painter:—qalam-kārī, s.f. Writing; engraving; painting; the art of engraving, &c.;—workmanship;—a species of flowered calico or chintz:—qalam karnā, v.t. To cut; to cut off; to prune:—qalam-kashī, s.f. Writing, calligraphy:—qalam khaiṅćnā = qalam phernā, or qalam mārnā:—qalam lagānā (-meṅ), To plant or set down slips or cuttings; to graft (in):—qalam mārnā (-par), To draw the pen through or across, to obliterate:—qalam yārī denā, (One's) pen to befriend, or stand in good stead; to live by (one's) pen:—qalameṅ (vulg. qalmeṅ) ćhoṛnā (-meṅ), To leave some hairs in the upper part of the beard:—parkār-kī qalam, s.f. Bow-compasses:—yak-qalam, adv. With one stroke of the pen; at once.
کلم कलम kalam =qalam, q.v.
H کلم कलम kalam (=qalam, q.v.), s.f. A reed (for writing with);—a graft, a slip;—a side-lock (of hair).
کليم kalīm prob. fr. ii of کلم; see kalām
A کليم kalīm (prob. fr. ii of کلم; see kalām), s.m. One who speaks to another, an interlocutor (=kalām karne-wālā); a familiar:—kalīmuʼllāh, One who speaks to God; an epithet of Moses.
کلام kalām fr. ii of rt. کلم
A کلام kalām (fr. ii of rt. کلم), s.m. Word, speech, discourse; a complete sentence or proposition; composition, work;—disputation; anything said (or to be said) against, objection, question:—kalāmuʼllāh, 'The word of God,' the Qǒrʼān:—kalām-majīd, 'The glorious book,' the Qǒrʼān:—kalām karnā, To speak; to relate; to affirm; to reason, argue, dispute.
