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kalam: Ancient Greek → Arabic → Malay → Indonesian · Lexodus

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kalamcalamus

Inherited from Malay kalam, from Arabic قَلَم (qalam, “pen”), from Ancient Greek κάλαμος (kálamos, “reed”).

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Wiktionary: kalam (CC BY-SA 4.0), via Wiktextract / kaikki.org

c. 670 BCEAncient Greek

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c. 670 BCE
c. 750 CE
c. 1480
c. 1900

Hops are evenly spaced; labels show the year each form is first attested.