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kalāba (= S. कलाप, i.e. कला+आप, fr. rt. आप् ), s.m. A raw thread as it is wound from the spindle; raw silk wound on a reel; yarn; a skein or ball of thread, a clew, hank; a reel; a wheel (for winding thread on);—(for kalāwā, q.v.) the band round an elephant's neck in which the driver fixes his feet (syn. kalāwa).
Origin: Persian