qalamdanとは 意味・読み方・使い方

語源

From Persian قلمدان ‎(qalamdân), from قلم ‎(qalam, “pen”) + ـدان ‎(-dân, “container”).

名詞

qalamdan ‎(複数形 qalamdans)

1. A Persian box or case for storing a pen.
   • 1985, Stuart Cary Welch, India: Art and Culture, 1300-1900 (page 139)

     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.

上位語

• pencase