بلغم

Arabic

Etymology

From Ancient Greek φλέγμα (phlégma, “phlegm, a cold slimy humour of the body”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bal.ɣam/

Noun

بَلْغَم • (balḡam) m (plural بَلَاغِم (balāḡim))

1. phlegm
2. sputum

Declension

Declension of noun بَلْغَم (balḡam)

Singular	basic singular triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	بَلْغَم balḡam	الْبَلْغَم al-balḡam	بَلْغَم balḡam
Nominative	بَلْغَمٌ balḡamun	الْبَلْغَمُ al-balḡamu	بَلْغَمُ balḡamu
Accusative	بَلْغَمًا balḡaman	الْبَلْغَمَ al-balḡama	بَلْغَمَ balḡama
Genitive	بَلْغَمٍ balḡamin	الْبَلْغَمِ al-balḡami	بَلْغَمِ balḡami
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	بَلْغَمَيْن balḡamayn	الْبَلْغَمَيْن al-balḡamayn	بَلْغَمَيْ balḡamay
Nominative	بَلْغَمَانِ balḡamāni	الْبَلْغَمَانِ al-balḡamāni	بَلْغَمَا balḡamā
Accusative	بَلْغَمَيْنِ balḡamayni	الْبَلْغَمَيْنِ al-balḡamayni	بَلْغَمَيْ balḡamay
Genitive	بَلْغَمَيْنِ balḡamayni	الْبَلْغَمَيْنِ al-balḡamayni	بَلْغَمَيْ balḡamay
Plural	basic broken plural diptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	بَلَاغِم balāḡim	الْبَلَاغِم al-balāḡim	بَلَاغِم balāḡim
Nominative	بَلَاغِمُ balāḡimu	الْبَلَاغِمُ al-balāḡimu	بَلَاغِمُ balāḡimu
Accusative	بَلَاغِمَ balāḡima	الْبَلَاغِمَ al-balāḡima	بَلَاغِمَ balāḡima
Genitive	بَلَاغِمَ balāḡima	الْبَلَاغِمِ al-balāḡimi	بَلَاغِمِ balāḡimi

Derived terms

• بَلْغَمِيّ (balḡamiyy)

Descendants

• Maltese: belgħun
• → Azerbaijani: bəlğəm
• → Indonesian: balgam
• → Middle Armenian: պալղամ (palġam), պլղամ (plġam)
• → Ottoman Turkish: بالغام (balgam)
  • Turkish: balgam
  • → Gagauz: balgam
• → Swahili: balaghamu

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian بَلْغَم (balğam), from Arabic بَلْغَم (balḡam).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /bəl.ɣəm/
• Hyphenation: بَلْ‧غَم
• Rhymes: -əm

Noun

بَلْغَم • (balġam) m (Hindi spelling बलग़म)

1. phlegm
2. mucus

Further reading

More information

• “بلغم”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.
• “بلغم”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
• Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971) “بلغم”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary‎, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co., page 117
• Kuczkiewicz-Fraś, Agnieszka (2008) “balgam”, in Perso-Arabic Loanwords in Hindustani, Part 1 Dictionary, Kraków: Księgarnia Akademicka, →ISBN, page 88.

Ushojo

Etymology

From Urdu بلغم (balġam).

Noun

بَلغَم (balğam)

1. phlegm
2. mucus

   Synonym: خراشکے (xarāškē)