κάλαμος

Etymology
From via its  stem (such as genitive, with a shift in accent to ), or (according to Beekes) independently thematicized from an original ablauting paradigm. Cognates include 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬 and 🇨🇬 (🇨🇬).

Noun

 * 1) a reed
 * 2) anything made of reed or cane
 * 3) staff, rod
 * 4) measuring rod
 * 5) pen
 * 6) flute
 * 7) shaft of an arrow
 * 8) collectively, of plants, which are neither bush, nor tree

Etymology

 * . Also see . The figurative sense, a.

Noun

 * 1)  reed pen
 * 2)  reed, cane
 * 3)  literary art of a writer