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Arabic · noun · Nature & the Garden

Kalam

क़लम
said ka-LAM
Meaning

A grafting cutting or scion taken from a plant to propagate it.

See it in the verse

Kalam in Iqbal’s couplets

Phool ki patti se kat sakta hai heere ka jigar
Mard-e-nadaan par kalaam-e-narm-o-nazuk be-asar
A diamond's heart can be cut by the petal of a flower — yet on a foolish man, soft and gentle words have no effect.
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