qalam

pencil, pen

قَلَم

Word

Noun · pattern فَعَل

Root

ق ل م

Forms

Plural
أَقْلام

In the library

ذَٰلِكَ مِنْ أَنْبَاءِ الْغَيْبِ نُوحِيهِ إِلَيْكَ ۚ وَمَا كُنْتَ لَدَيْهِمْ إِذْ يُلْقُونَ أَقْلَامَهُمْ أَيُّهُمْ يَكْفُلُ مَرْيَمَ وَمَا كُنْتَ لَدَيْهِمْ إِذْ يَخْتَصِمُونَ

The Qurʾān, page 55 →

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Lane's Lexicon

Arabic–English, 1863–93 · 3 entries
  • قَلَمٌ A writing-reed prepared for writing; a reed-pen
    and ↓ قَلَمَانِ and ↓ قَلَمَانٌ: see جَلَمٌ. ― -b2- A writing-reed prepared for writing; a reed-pen.
  • قَلَمَانٌ Open entry
    : see قَلمٌ.
  • مُقَلَّمُ الظُّفْرِ Open entry
    and الأَظْفَارِ: see ظُفرٌ.

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