From: Robert Wheelock Message: 935 Date: 2003-01-05
Hello!
*Qalam* is Arabic for *pen*!!
Arabic *qalam* > Greek *kal�mos* > Latin *calamus*
(Arabic uvular /q/ became velar /k/ in both Greek and
Latin [despite showing up as <c> in the latter])
Thank You!
Robert Lloyd Wheelock
Augusta, ME USA
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