Kalam
Americannoun
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(sometimes lowercase) a school of philosophical theology originating in the 9th century a.d., asserting the existence of God as a prime mover and the freedom of the will.
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the word of Allah.
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Etymology
Origin of Kalam
From the Arabic word kalām literally, talk
Example Sentences
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Each smaller than a grain of rice, the sculptures pays tribute to Nobel Prize-winning physicist CV Raman and aerospace engineer and former Indian president APJ Abdul Kalam, besides Sarabhai.
From BBC ● Jul. 18, 2026
In a judgement published last week, employment judge Christopher Camp said Mrs Kalam had also suffered "significant psychiatric injury" which has left her too unwell to work.
From BBC ● Nov. 8, 2023
Sharif’s visit comes days after a raging Swat River destroyed the iconic New Honeymoon Hotel in the northwestern tourist resort of Kalam.
From Seattle Times ● Aug. 31, 2022
The land of Mahatma Gandhi, Abul Kalam Azad and Rabindranath Tagore is being reduced to a caricature of hate on the global stage.
From Washington Post ● Jun. 7, 2022
Trinity, xliv, 33, 34, 71, 91 Truth, twofold, 328 "Twenty Chapters," 17 Ueberweg-Baumgartner, 433 Unity of God, in Kalam, xxii, xliii f.,
From A History of Mediaeval Jewish Philosophy by Isaac Husik
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