How would you pronounce Kalam?

[Icloud54]

It's a Arabic boys name. Just wondering if you saw it spelt, how would you pronounce it?

What is correct pronunciation OP?

Not read TFT but I'd say Kay-Lum but think it does read Callum also....

I'm not actually sure how it is pronounced. I just came across the name and wasn't sure how I would pronounce it.
Thank everyone

cull-aam

The only one I have met pronounced it very similar to Calum.

Ka-LAHM is what I would say.

I would assume it was a "younique" spelling of Callum, unless I knew that the child/parents were from a different country (I would probably still say Callum but would double-check)

Callum

KU-lum

The u like summer.

Kal-AHM

How are people getting Kay lam?

Ka-l-uh-m (Callum) or Kay-l-uh-m. I would have to check first to know which hough would probably assume the former first.

How are people getting Kay lam?

I taught a Kalab/Kalub and it was pronounced Kay-l-uh-b

I know an adult one, he says it like Kay-lum

Khalaam

I would say cal-arm

How are people getting Kay lam?

The single consonant would commonly give a long A sound in English (although this isn't an English name!)

Kal AM

Ka-lam

cal-am

Although I would just assume it was a made up name, and judge..

cal-ARM

Having said that, it's mostly known for the Kalaam cosmological argument - a rather poor attempt at 'proving' the existence of a god by the means of special pleading. It'd immediately come to mind if I met someone with that name. Not sure that's a good thing.

Kay-lum or Kal-amm

Cal-am

I suspect it's really pronounced like the first half of calamity, but if you hadn't said it was Arabic, I would have thought it was just a trendy misspelling of Cal(l)um.