"كلام" meaning in Arabic

See كلام in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Etymology: From the root ك ل م (k-l-m), cf. كَلَّمَ (kallama, “to speak”). Etymology templates: {{ar-root|ك|ل|م}} ك ل م (k-l-m), {{l|ar|كَلَّمَ|t=to speak}} كَلَّمَ (kallama, “to speak”) Head templates: {{ar-noun|كَلَام|m|pl=-}} كَلَام • (kalām) m (usually uncountable) Inflection templates: {{ar-decl-noun|كَلَام}} Forms: كَلَام [canonical], kalām [romanization], no-table-tags [table-tags], كَلَام [indefinite, informal, singular, triptote], الْكَلَام [definite, informal, singular, triptote], كَلَام [construct, informal, singular, triptote], كَلَامٌ [indefinite, nominative, singular, triptote], الْكَلَامُ [definite, nominative, singular, triptote], كَلَامُ [construct, nominative, singular, triptote], كَلَامًا [accusative, indefinite, singular, triptote], الْكَلَامَ [accusative, definite, singular, triptote], كَلَامَ [accusative, construct, singular, triptote], كَلَامٍ [genitive, indefinite, singular, triptote], الْكَلَامِ [definite, genitive, singular, triptote], كَلَامِ [construct, genitive, singular, triptote]
  1. talking, speaking Tags: uncountable, usually
    Sense id: en-كلام-ar-noun-2RMqkBy2 Categories (other): Arabic nouns with basic triptote singular, Arabic terms belonging to the root ك ل م Disambiguation of Arabic nouns with basic triptote singular: 16 24 15 11 7 8 20 Disambiguation of Arabic terms belonging to the root ك ل م: 19 22 18 11 8 9 14
  2. conversation, speech, talk, language Tags: uncountable, usually
    Sense id: en-كلام-ar-noun-JjalqV7V Categories (other): Arabic entries with incorrect language header, Arabic nouns with basic triptote singular, Arabic terms belonging to the root ك ل م, Arabic terms with non-redundant manual transliterations Disambiguation of Arabic entries with incorrect language header: 12 31 9 22 2 9 13 2 Disambiguation of Arabic nouns with basic triptote singular: 16 24 15 11 7 8 20 Disambiguation of Arabic terms belonging to the root ك ل م: 19 22 18 11 8 9 14 Disambiguation of Arabic terms with non-redundant manual transliterations: 10 32 8 21 3 14 11
  3. discussion, debate Tags: uncountable, usually
    Sense id: en-كلام-ar-noun-fHp-mMsU Categories (other): Arabic nouns with basic triptote singular, Arabic terms belonging to the root ك ل م Disambiguation of Arabic nouns with basic triptote singular: 16 24 15 11 7 8 20 Disambiguation of Arabic terms belonging to the root ك ل م: 19 22 18 11 8 9 14
  4. dispute, controversy Tags: uncountable, usually
    Sense id: en-كلام-ar-noun-E1ZbLwcD Categories (other): Arabic nouns with basic triptote singular, Arabic terms belonging to the root ك ل م Disambiguation of Arabic nouns with basic triptote singular: 16 24 15 11 7 8 20 Disambiguation of Arabic terms belonging to the root ك ل م: 19 22 18 11 8 9 14
  5. words, word, saying Tags: uncountable, usually
    Sense id: en-كلام-ar-noun-GXN3PEGE
  6. statement, remark Tags: uncountable, usually
    Sense id: en-كلام-ar-noun-BrQ8BAMF
  7. sentence, clause, phrase Tags: uncountable, usually
    Sense id: en-كلام-ar-noun-AhseHZN7 Categories (other): Arabic nouns with basic triptote singular, Arabic terms belonging to the root ك ل م Disambiguation of Arabic nouns with basic triptote singular: 16 24 15 11 7 8 20 Disambiguation of Arabic terms belonging to the root ك ل م: 19 22 18 11 8 9 14
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Noun

Forms: كِلَام [canonical], kilām [romanization]
  1. plural of كَلْم (kalm) Tags: form-of, plural Form of: كَلْم (extra: kalm)
    Sense id: en-كلام-ar-noun-2Kr-yk91
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

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  "word": "كلام"
}

This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable Arabic dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-05-03 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-05-02 using wiktextract (f4fd8c9 and c9440ce). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.