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))
Declension
| 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)
- → Swahili: balaghamu
Urdu
Etymology
Borrowed from Classical Persian بَلْغَم (balġam), from Arabic بَلْغَم (balḡam).
Pronunciation
- (Standard Urdu) IPA(key): /bəl.ɣəm/
- Hyphenation: بَلْ‧غَم
- Rhymes: -əm
Noun
بَلْغَم • (balġam) m (Hindi spelling बलग़म)
Further reading
More information
- “بلغم”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2025.
- “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
Noun
بَلغَم (balğam)