كلمة

From the root ك ل م‎ (k-l-m).

• IPA^(key): /ka.li.ma/

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  • (Hijazi) IPA^(key): /kilma/

كَلِمَة • (kalima) f (plural كَلِمَات‎ (kalimāt) or كَلِم‎ (kalim))

1. (countable) speech, utterance, statement

   Synonym: قَوْل‎ (qawl)

   ‏أَلْقَى كَلِمَةً‎‎ ― ʔalqā kalimatan ― He gave a speech.

   • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 14:26:

     ‏وَمَثَلُ كَلِمَةٍ خَبِيثَةٍ كَشَجَرَةٍ خَبِيثَةٍ ٱجْتُثَّتْ مِنْ فَوْقِ الْأَرْضِ مَا لَهَا مِنْ قَرَارٍ‎

     wa-maṯalu kalimatin ḵabīṯatin ka-šajaratin ḵabīṯatin ijtuṯṯat min fawqi l-ʔarḍi mā lahā min qarārin

     And the parable of an evil word is as an evil tree pulled up from the earth's surface; it has no stability.

2. (grammar) word [from 8th century]
   • Ibn Malik

     ‏كَلَامُنَا لَفْظٌ مُفِيدٌ كَٱسْتَقِمْ / وَٱسْمٌ وَفِعْلٌ ثُمَّ حَرْفٌ ٱلْكَلِمْ‎‎

     kalāmunā lafẓun mufīdun kastaqim / wasmun wafiʕlun ṯumma ḥarfun l-kalim

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Lua error: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)

• كَلِمَةُ حَقٍّ يُرَادُ بِهَا بَاطِلٌ‎ (kalimatu ḥaqqin yurādu bihā bāṭilun)

• Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)
• Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)
• Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)
• Maltese: kelma
• Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)
• → Azerbaijani: kəlmə, kəlimə
• → Hausa: kalmā̀
• → Indonesian: kalimat
• → Malay: kalimah
• → Maranao: kalima
• → Northern Kurdish: kelîme
• → Swahili: kalima
• → Ottoman Turkish: كلمه‎ (kelime)
  • Turkish: kelime
• → Persian: کَلَمِه‎ (kalame)
• → Tajik: калима (kalima)
• → Urdu: کلمہ‎

From Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value).

• IPA^(key): /kil.ma/, [ˈkelmæ]

كلمة • (kilma) f (plural كلام‎ (kalām))

1. (grammar) word

From Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value).

• (Kuwait) IPA^(key): /kɪl.mə/

كلمة • (kilma) f (plural كلمات‎ (kilmāt))

1. (grammar) word

   ‏شنو سپلنق كلمة "گربه" بالايراني؟‎‎

   ʃinu spiling kilmat "gorbeh" bil-īrāni?

   What is the spelling of the word "gorbeh" in Persian?

2. speech, saying, utterance

   ‏كلمة امك فوق كلمة اي احد‎

   kilmat ummik fōg kilmat ay a7ad

   Your mother's word is above everyone else's

From Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value).

• IPA^(key): /kil.ma/

كلمة • (kilma) f (dual كِلمتين‎ (kilmatēn), plural كلمات‎ (kilmāt))

1. word

From Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value).

• IPA^(key): /kal.ma/

كلمة • (kalma) f (plural كلمات‎ (kalmāt))

1. word
2. promise

From Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value).

• IPA^(key): /kil.me/, [ˈkɪl.me]
• IPA^(key): /kil.ma/, [ˈkɪl.ma]

• Audio (Ramallah)

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كلمة • (kilme) f (plural كلمات‎ (kalimāt))

1. word

كلام‎ (kalām, “words, talk”)