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Latest comment: 1 year ago by PigeonChickenFish in topic Article name issue

Article name issue

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Kalamkari is a very uncommon spelling for this, a wood-block printed fabric (ie. table cloth) from Iran. Is Kalamkari the name for the Indian version? Also are these the same thing? I don't exactly know that they are. Other spellings of this name for the Iranian-style include Ghalamkar, Qalamkar; and the "Ghalamkar" is far more common in English. PigeonChickenFish (talk) 01:27, 11 March 2022 (UTC)Reply

I am noticing all of the current references are also about the Indian version-only and not mentioning or about Persia/Iran, which makes it problematic if we are stating these are the exact same thing. It starts to appear as original research. In 2016, it appears the merge was because there was only one source used. PigeonChickenFish (talk) 01:38, 11 March 2022 (UTC)Reply
I tagged the article with a globalization issue today, as it is currently representing a view point from India and not a global history.[1][2][3][4][5] PigeonChickenFish (talk) 23:26, 22 May 2025 (UTC)Reply

References

  1. ↑ Ackerman, Phyllis (1967). "Textile of the Islamic Period History". In Arthur Upham, Pope; Phyllis, Ackerman (eds.). A Survey of Persian Art. Vol. V. London.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  2. ↑ The India Magazine of Her People and Culture. Vol. 5. A. H. Advani. 1985. p. 64 – via Google Books. origin of the Qalamkari is obscure. It may have been synonymous with vichitra vastra of ancient India or the munaqqash fabrics referred to in Persian source material
  3. ↑ "Traditional art of Kalamkari: Persian handicraft". iFilm TV (video, article). July 20, 2022.
  4. ↑ Naderi, Khadijeh (October 25, 2022). "Kalamkari, Iranian traditional art". Mehr News Agency. Archived from the original on November 5, 2022.
  5. ↑ "Iran's Handicrafts in Photos: Ancient Art of Qalamkari". Iran Front Page (IFP). April 12, 2018.

Etymology

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The etymology given is vey misleading. Kalamkari is a loan from Persian qalam-kārī (Steingass, F. (1892). A Comprehensive Persian-English Dictionary. London. p. 986. {{cite book}}: Unknown parameter |accessed= ignored (help)CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)). A Persian qalam-kār is a 'penman' or 'painter', while Persian qalam-kārī means 'writing', 'painting'. It's also the Persian term for kalamkari fabric. Qalam is a Persian loanword into Kanada, and probably kari is too, but the whole word qalam-kārī appears first in Persian and was not created in Kanada. I'm not saying anything about the fabric art itself, of course, just the origin of the name. JESL2 (talk) 21:15, 21 August 2022 (UTC)Reply