kalamkari
kalamkari noun: a type of hand-printed cotton cloth from India.
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Noun
kalamkari (countable and uncountable, plural kalamkaris)
kalamkari meaning in Hindi and Malayalam
kalamkari in Hindi
- kalamkari
- कलमकारी kalamkārī
kalamkari in Malayalam
- kalamkari, a kind of Indian cloth style
- കലംകാരി kalaṅkāri
Forms of kalamkari
| plural | kalamkaris |
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Origin of kalamkari
From Hindi कलमकारी (kalamkārī), Telugu కలంకారి (kalaṅkāri), from Persian قلم (qalam, “pen”) + کاری (kâri, “craftsmanship”).
Questions about kalamkari
- What does kalamkari mean?
- Kalamkari means a type of hand-printed cotton cloth from India.
- What is kalamkari in Hindi?
- Kalamkari in Hindi is कलमकारी (kalamkārī). See Kalamkari meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is kalamkari?
- Kalamkari is a noun.
- What is the plural of kalamkari?
- The plural of kalamkari is kalamkaris.
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Adapted from Wiktionary: kalamkari (page history and authors); कलमकारी (Hindi) (page history and authors); കലംകാരി (Malayalam) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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