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Sentence #1285983

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 cntrational cntrational December 18, 2011 December 18, 2011 at 5:20:02 PM UTC link Permalink

An Arabic loan? Nice.

alexmarcelo alexmarcelo December 18, 2011 December 18, 2011 at 5:42:44 PM UTC link Permalink

Not exactly. «Calamus» can be found in many dictionaries with the following meaning:

calamus ~ī, m. [Gk. κάλαμος]
2 A reed pen, pen (i.e. for writing with ink on paper; opp. to «stilus», a metal instrument for writing on waxed tablets).
OXFORD LATIN DICTIONARY

But yes, «قلم» and «κάλαμος» sound very alike...

cntrational cntrational December 18, 2011 December 18, 2011 at 5:46:48 PM UTC link Permalink

Huh, interesting.

...and looking it up, turns out قلم was borrowed from Greek, as well. The more you know.

alexmarcelo alexmarcelo December 18, 2011 December 18, 2011 at 5:57:53 PM UTC link Permalink

Aha! It's possible.

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This sentence was initially added as a translation of sentence #989197Tengo algunos bolígrafos..

Aliquos calamos habeo.

added by alexmarcelo, December 7, 2011
➜ #989197Tengo algunos bolígrafos.

linked by alexmarcelo, December 7, 2011
➜ #989199J'ai quelques stylos.

linked by alexmarcelo, December 18, 2011
➜ #989200Eu tenho algumas canetas.

linked by alexmarcelo, December 18, 2011
➜ #258656I have some pens.

linked by alexmarcelo, December 18, 2011
➜ #1306764Ich habe ein paar Stifte.

linked by arcticmonkey, December 18, 2011
Aliquos calamos habeo.

added by alexmarcelo, January 10, 2012
➜ #252514I have a few pens.

linked by alexmarcelo, January 10, 2012