κάλαμος

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *ḱolh₂mos via a zero-grade variant *ḱl̥h₂mos, or (according to Beekes) independently thematicized from an original ablauting paradigm *ḱólh₂-m̥ ~ *ḱl̥h₂-ém-. Cognates include Latin culmus, Russian соло́ма (solóma), Old Norse halmr and Old English healm (English haulm).

Pronunciation

 

Noun

κᾰ́λᾰμος (kálamos) m (genitive κᾰλᾰ́μου); second declension

  1. a reed
  2. anything made of reed or cane
    1. staff, rod
    2. measuring rod
    3. pen
    4. flute
    5. shaft of an arrow
  3. collectively, of plants, which are neither bush, nor tree

Inflection

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Greek: κάλαμος (kálamos) (learned)
  • Arabic: قَلَم (qalam) (see there for further descendants)
  • Old Armenian: կալամոն (kalamon)
  • Hebrew: קולמוס (kulmus), קלמרין (kalmarin) (> קלמר (kalmar))
  • Latin: calamus (see there for further descendants)
  • Sanskrit: कलम (kalama)

References

Greek

Etymology

Learnedly, borrowed from Ancient Greek κάλαμος (kálamos);[1] doublet of καλάμι (kalámi), inherited through Mediaeval Greek from the Hellenistic diminutive καλάμιον f (kalámion). Also a doublet of καλέμι (kalémi), which was borrowed from Ottoman Turkish قلم (kalém).[2] Also see καλαμάρι (kalamári).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈka.la.mos/
  • Hyphenation: κά‧λα‧μος

Noun

κάλαμος (kálamos) m (plural κάλαμοι)

  1. (formal) reed pen
  2. (formal) reed, cane

Declension

  • καλάμι n (kalámi, reed, fishing rod, shin) & related e.g. καλαμιά f (kalamiá, reed), καλαμάκι n (kalamáki, small rod, skewer)
  • καλαμοειδής (kalamoeidís)
  • Κάλαμος m (Kálamos) (placename, especially of resort near Athens)
  • καλαμώδης m (kalamódis)

See also

References

  1. κάλαμος - Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής [Dictionary of Standard Modern Greek], 1998, by the "Triantafyllidis" Foundation.
  2. Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010), “κάλαμος”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 621–622

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