kalem
1. pencil. 2. pen. 3. chisel; gouge. 4. office handling the paperwork for a governmental department. 5. item, entry (in a register, account). 6. sort, kind. 7. scion, slip. 8. shaft (of an arrow). 9. writing, the act of writing. 10. slang penis, *cock, *dick. -- açmak 1. to sharpen a pencil. 2. to point a reed (for use as a pen). --e almak /ı/ to write out, draw up, put down on paper. -- çekmek /a/ to cross out. --inden çıkma written by. --inden çıkmak to be written by. -- darbesi stroke of the pen. -- efendisi formerly official employed in a government office, Ottoman bureaucrat. -- gezdirmek /üzerinde/ to revise, edit. -- işi 1. hand-drawn. 2. hand-carved. --inden kan damlamak colloq. to write effectively and movingly; to write things that bring tears to the eyes. -- kaşlı with thin, finely shaped eyebrows. -- kulaklı animal with long, pointed ears. -- kutusu pencil box. --i kuvvetli (someone) who writes well. -- oynatmak 1. to write. 2. /üzerinde/ to correct, edit. 3. /üzerinde/ to spoil (a piece of writing) by alteration. -- parmaklı with long, tapering fingers. -- sahibi (someone) who writes well. -- sapı penholder (for a nib). --e sarılmak to take pen in hand, take up one´s pen. -- savaşı war of words. -- ucu nib, penpoint. --iyle yaşamak to live by one´s pen, make a living by writing. -- yontmak 1. to sharpen a pencil. 2. to point a reed pen. -- yürütmek to write.