(p. 208) kalamaci an amanuensis; a scribe, a copyist. 56)

(p. 208) kalamā any of the principal words of an Islamic prayer. কলমা পড়া v. to pray according to the Islamic scriptures. 57)

(p. 208) kalami an edible aquatic plant (cp. Kalmia). 58)

(p. 208) kalamba an arrow; a variety of flower or its tree; a stalk of spinach. ̃পত্রাকার a. hastate; triangular like the head of a spear. 59)

(p. 208) kalama1 a column of a newspaper, a book etc. 53)

(p. 208) kalama2 a plant grown by grafting; a prism (বাতি-ঝাড়ের কলম). কলম করা v. to grow a plant by grafting, to graft. 54)

(p. 208) kalama3 a pen. কলম কাটা, কলম বাড়া v. to mend a pen. কলম চালানো v. to wield a pen; to write. ̃দান, ̃দানি n. a small tray or stand for keeping pens, a pencase, a pen-stand. কলম পেশা v. (dero.) to work as a clerk. কলমপেশা n. clerkship; quill-driving, pen-pushing. a. clerical. ̃বাজ n. (dero.) an expert writer. ̃বাজি n. (dero.) useless writing. কলমের এক খোঁচায় with a stroke of the pen. 55)

(p. 713) bakalama the name of an illiterate person signed by another; (loos.) act of signing for another. 34)