# كلمة
## Arabic
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ka.li.ma/
* Audio:(file)
** (Hijazi) IPA: /kilma/

### Noun

كَلِمَة • (kalima) f (plural كَلِمَات (kalimāt) or كَلِم (kalim))
* (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 قَرَارٍwa-maṯalu kalimatin ḵabīṯatin ka-šajaratin ḵabīṯatin ijtuṯṯat min fawqi l-ʔarḍi mā lahā min qarārinAnd the parable of an evil word is as an evil tree pulled up from the earth's surface; it has no stability.
* (grammar) word [from 8th century]
** Ibn Malik
    كَلَامُنَا لَفْظٌ مُفِيدٌ كَٱسْتَقِمْ / وَٱسْمٌ وَفِعْلٌ ثُمَّ حَرْفٌ ٱلْكَلِمْkalāmunā lafẓun mufīdun kastaqim / wasmun wafiʕlun ṯumma ḥarfun l-kalim(please add an English translation of this quotation)

#### Derived terms

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

#### Descendants

* Egyptian Arabic: كلمة (kilma)
* Gulf Arabic: كلمة (kilma)
* Hijazi Arabic: كلمة (kilma)
* Maltese: kelma
* Moroccan Arabic: كلمة (kalma)
* → 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
* → Uyghur: كەلىمە (kelime)
* → Uzbek: kalima

### Anagrams

* ملكة, لكمة

## Chadian Arabic
### Etymology

From Arabic كَلِمَة (kalima).

### Noun

كلمة • (kilme) f (plural كلمات (kalimāt, kilmāt))
* word

### References

* Heath, Judith, Mahadi, Mahamat Zene (2021) Lexique Arabe Tchadien-Français‎ (in French), 11th edition, N'Djamena, Chad: SIL Chad, page 76

## Egyptian Arabic
### Etymology

From Arabic كَلِمَة (kalima).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /kil.ma/, [ˈkelmæ]

### Noun

كلمة • (kilma) f (plural كلام (kalām))
* (grammar) word

## Gulf Arabic
### Etymology

From Arabic كَلِمَة (kalima).

### Pronunciation

* (Kuwait) IPA: /kɪl.mə/

### Noun

كلمة • (kilma) f (plural كلمات (kilmāt))
* (grammar) word
    شنو سپلنق كلمة "گربه" بالايراني؟ʃinu spiling kilmat "gorbeh" bil-īrāni?What is the spelling of the word "gorbeh" in Persian?
* speech, saying, utterance
    كلمة امك فوق كلمة اي احدkilmat ummik fōg kilmat ay a7adYour mother's word is above everyone else's

## Hijazi Arabic
### Etymology

From Arabic كَلِمَة (kalima).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /kil.ma/

### Noun

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

## Moroccan Arabic
### Etymology

From Arabic كَلِمَة (kalima).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /kal.ma/

### Noun

كلمة • (kalma) f (plural كلمات (kalmāt))
* word
* promise

## North Levantine Arabic
### Etymology

From Arabic كَلِمة (kalima).

### Noun

كلمة • (kilme) f (dual كلمتين (kilimtayn), plural كلمات (kilmāt))
* word

#### Usage notes

* The dual is used in the sense of “a couple of words”, “a couple of things”:
    رح قللك كلمتين. ― raḥ ʔill-lak kilimtayn ― I’ll tell you a couple of words.

## South Levantine Arabic
### Etymology

From Arabic كَلِمَة (kalima).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /kil.me/, [ˈkɪl.me]
* IPA: /kil.ma/, [ˈkɪl.ma]
* Audio (Ramallah):(file)

### Noun

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

#### See also

* كلام (kalām, “words, talk”)