qalamdan
nounEtymology From Persian قلمدان (qalamdân), from قلم (qalam, “pen”) + ـدان (-dân, “container”).
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A Persian box or case for storing a pen.
- Like other qalamdans made for discerning and affluent penmen, this one is inscribed with its maker's name and the date of its execution as well as a virtual anthology of appropriate Arabic and Persian verses.1985, Stuart Cary Welch, India: Art and Culture, 1300-1900, page 139:
- Hypernyms
- pencase