Re: what does qalam mean?

--- In qalam@yahoogroups.com, Robert Wheelock <rob_wheel12@...>
wrote:

> Hello!
> *Qalam* is Arabic for *pen*!!
> Arabic *qalam* > Greek *kalámos* > Latin *calamus*
> (Arabic uvular /q/ became velar /k/ in both Greek and
> Latin [despite showing up as <c> in the latter])

oh it's originally an arabic word then?
i don't think it exists in modern romance
lang. tho? there's no /q/ in greek and latin, after all
shukran bsaf
niqi