Qalam

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This is about the tool known as a qalam. See also Qalam (person).

Qalams as used in calligraphy.
Qalams as used in calligraphy.

A qalam (Arabic: قلم) is a type of pen made from a dried reed, used for Arabic calligraphy. In modern Arabic, the word simply means 'pen' or 'pencil,' It is also the name of a system of Arabic transliteration, suggested in 1985. [1]


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