क़लमकार

Hindi

Alternative forms

  • कलमकार (kalamkār) — nuqtaless

Etymology

Borrowed from Persian قلمكار (qalam-kār). By surface analysis, क़लम (qalam, “pen, reed”) +‎ -कार (-kār).

Pronunciation

  • (Delhi) IPA(key): /qə.ləm.kɑːɾ/, [qɐ.lɐ̃m.käːɾ], /kə.ləm.kɑːɾ/, [kɐ.lɐ̃m.käːɾ]

Noun

क़लमकार • (qalamkār) m (Urdu spelling قَلَم کار)

  1. writer
    Synonyms: कातिब (kātib), मसिजीवी (masijīvī), मुसन्निफ़ (musannif), (most common) लेखक (lekhak)
  2. engraver
    Synonyms: चितेरा (citerā), नक़्क़ाश (naqqāś)
  3. painter
    Synonyms: चितेरा (citerā), चित्रकार (citrakār)

Declension

Declension of क़लमकार (masc cons-stem)
singular plural
direct क़लमकार
qalamkār 		क़लमकार
qalamkār
oblique क़लमकार
qalamkār 		क़लमकारों
qalamkārõ
vocative क़लमकार
qalamkār 		क़लमकारो
qalamkāro
  • क़लमकारी (qalamkārī)

References

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