बलग़म
Hindi
Etymology
Borrowed from Classical Persian بَلْغَم (balġam), from Arabic بَلْغَم (balḡam), from Ancient Greek φλέγμα (phlégma). Compare Awadhi बलगमु (balgamu).
Pronunciation
- (Delhi) IPA(key): /bəl.ɣəm/, [bɐl.ɣɐ̃m], /bəl.ɡəm/, [bɐl.ɡɐ̃m]
- Hyphenation: बल‧ग़म
- Rhymes: -əm
Noun
बलग़म • (balġam) m (Urdu spelling بَلْغَم)
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| direct | बलग़म balġam |
बलग़म balġam |
| oblique | बलग़म balġam |
बलग़मों balġamõ |
| vocative | बलग़म balġam |
बलग़मो balġamo |
Derived terms
- बलग़मी (balġamī)
Further reading
More information
- “बलग़म”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2025.
- “बलगम”, in Hindwi Dictionary [including the languages of Hindi region] (in Hindi), Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2025.
- McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “बलग़म”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press, page 712
- Dāsa, Śyāmasundara (1965–1975) “बलगम”, in Hindī Śabdasāgara [lit. Sea of Hindi words] (in Hindi), Kashi [Varanasi]: Nagari Pracarini Sabha, page 3406
- Kuczkiewicz-Fraś, Agnieszka (2008) “balgam”, in Perso-Arabic Loanwords in Hindustani, Part 1 Dictionary, Kraków: Księgarnia Akademicka, →ISBN, page 88.