κάλαμος
Ancient Greek
noun
Definitions
- a reed
- anything made of reed or cane
- collectively, of plants, which are neither bush, nor tree
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Indo-European *ḱl̥h₂mos.
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*ḱl̥h₂mos
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- calamitic English
- calamus English
- dehaulm English
- haulm English
- haulmy English
- qalam English
- *culmēna Latin
- calamarius Latin
- calamellus Latin
- calamus Latin
- cannamellis Latin
- culmus Latin
- calamari Italian
- calamo Italian
- culmo Italian
- calame French
- calmar French
- chalumeau French
- chaume French
- кальмар Russian
- калям Russian
- соло́ма Russian
- соломенный Russian
- соломина Russian
- соломка Russian
- calamar Spanish, Castilian
- colmena Spanish, Castilian
- cálamo Spanish, Castilian
- καλάμινος Ancient Greek
- καλαμάγρωστις Ancient Greek
- καλαμοθήκη Ancient Greek
- ἄγρωστις Ancient Greek
- *ḱl̥h₂mos Proto-Indo-European
- *ḱolh₂-m- Proto-Indo-European
- *ḱolh₂mos Proto-Indo-European
- halm Norwegian Bokmål
- colmo Portuguese
- cálamo Portuguese
- *halmaz Proto-Germanic
- *halmą Proto-Germanic
- halm Swedish
- kałamarz Polish
- halm Norwegian Nynorsk
- healm Old English
- कलम Sanskrit
- halm Middle English
- halmr Old Norse
- halm Danish
- قلم Arabic
- قَلَم Arabic
- chalemel Old French
- hálmur Icelandic
- kalmusrót Icelandic
- क़लम Hindi
- carambo Galician
- colmo Galician
- cálamo Galician
- calmar Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- carâmb Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- қалам Persian
- قلم Persian
- قلم Persian
- kallm Albanian
- qələm Azerbaijani
- קולמוס Hebrew (modern)
- قلم Ottoman Turkish
- კალამი Georgian
- 改蘭 Chinese
- kalamu Swahili
- قلم Urdu
- ҡәләм Bashkir
- һалам Bashkir
- къэлэм Adyghe
- *caramblo Old Spanish
- قەلەم Uighur, Uyghur
- قلم Panjabi, Punjabi
- ਕ਼ਲਮ Panjabi, Punjabi
- قلم Hijazi Arabic
- alƙalami Hausa
- калем Kirghiz, Kyrgyz
- قلم Gulf Arabic
- कलम Nepali
- قلم Egyptian Arabic
- qeleme Zazaki
- kalam Afar
- kalamu Yoruba
- holom Rohingya
- kelam inc-kho
- гэран Dungan