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  • He was pretty sure the Libyan caravan centre should be spelt "Sabha ', not" Sebha ', and he was even more certain that' qalam ', meaning a reed pen used in Arabic calligraphy, should start with a K.

    Piranha to Scurfy & Other Stories Rendell, Ruth 2000

  • * Jihad by the pen and knowledge (jihad bil qalam/lim) - a struggle for good against evil through the scholarly study of Islam, ijtihad (legal reasoning), and through the sciences.

    Jihad JDsg 2007

  • Dulmayi qalam = Meat wrapped in cabbage leaves with onions and beans.

    Across Coveted Lands or a Journey from Flushing (Holland) to Calcutta Overland Arnold Henry Savage Landor 1894

  • But the traditional instrument of the Arabic calligrapher is the qalam, a pen made of dried reed or bamboo.

    Lightly Toasted 2010

  • Ik ik soch ki hairaaN moorat … Garche qalam ki nok se tapke

    ALL THINGS PAKISTAN 2009

  • (hal een-dah-koom seh-koo-tech; Do you have tape?) (MP) hal ` indahu qalam?

    Arabic for Dummies Bouchentouf, Amine 2006

  • (hal een-dah-kah kah-lam; Do you have a pen?) (M) hal ` indukii qalam?

    Arabic for Dummies Bouchentouf, Amine 2006

  • magar likhwaaye koee usko KHat, to hamse likhawaaye huee subah aur ghar se kaan par rakhkar qalam nikle

    Shayari Chirayu 2005

  • PC ka daur aaj ka daur hay aanay wali kal ka bhee shayad peepul ka darakht, chatai, takhti, qalam-dawat bijli, thanda kamra, keyboard, PC, internet kahaan woh duniya jo beet ga'ayee kahan yeh duniya jo beet ja'aye gi waq't kay taarON say bandhay yeh rishtay yaad kay saharay zinda haiN, rahaiN gay there were sixty seconds in the minute then takhti words were wiped clean but the PC words haunt an eternity the yellow stickie

    baithak 2008

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