کلام
See also: كلام
Persian
Etymology
Borrowed from Arabic كَلَام (kalām).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Persian) IPA(key): /ka.ˈlaːm/
- (Dari, formal) IPA(key): [kʰä.lɑ́ːm]
- (Iran, formal) IPA(key): [kʰʲæ.lɒ́ːm]
- (Tajik, formal) IPA(key): [kʰä.lɔ́m]
| Readings | |
|---|---|
| Classical reading? | kalām |
| Dari reading? | kalām |
| Iranian reading? | kalâm |
| Tajik reading? | kalom |
Noun
کَلام • (kalâm)
- speech; word; utterance; talk
- Synonym: سخن (soxan)
- c. 1380, Jahān Malik Khātūn, “Introduction”, in دیوان جهان [Divān-i Jahān][1]:
- گاه اعجاز عیسوی را در سخن طفل تعبیه کرد و گاه سبب نجات دنیوی و اخروی در کلام امییی به ودیعت نهاد.
- gāh i'jāz-i īsawī rā dar suxan-i tifl ta'bīya kard u gāh sabab-i najāt-i dunyawī u uxrawī dar kalām-i amīnī ba wadī'at nihād.
- He once arranged the miracle of Jesus in the words of a child [the Quranic miracle of the child Jesus who brought clay birds to life with his breath], and He once deposited the means for salvation in this world and the world to come in secure speech [i.e. the Quran].
- (Islam, theology) scholastic theology; short for علم کلام (elm-e kalâm)
Urdu
Etymology
Borrowed from Arabic كَلَام (kalām).
Pronunciation
- (Standard Urdu) IPA(key): /kə.lɑːm/
Audio (Pakistan): (file) - Rhymes: -ɑːm
Noun
کَلام • (kalām) m (Hindi spelling कलाम)
References
- Platts, John T. (1884) “کلام”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.
- “کلام”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
- “کلام”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2025.