balgam

From Arabic بَلْغَم (balḡam, “sputum”), from Ancient Greek φλέγμα (phlégma, “phlegm, a cold slimy humour of the body”). Doublet of flegma.

• IPA^(key): [ˈbalɡam]
• Hyphenation: bal‧gam

balgam (plural balgam-balgam)

1. sputum, phlegm

   Synonyms: dahak, sputum

• “balgam” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

• balagam, balgum, bolgam

From Old Irish bolgum (“sip; mouthful, draught”) (compare modern Irish bolgam).

balgam m (genitive singular balgaim, plural balgaman)

1. mouthful (of a drink), sip, gulp

   A bheil thu ag iarraidh balgam teatha?

   Do you want a drink of tea?

• Edward Dwelly (1911), “balgam”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary]‎^[1], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “bolgum”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish بلغم (balgam), from Arabic بَلْغَم (balḡam), ultimately from Ancient Greek φλέγμα (phlégma, “phlegm”).

balgam (definite accusative balgamı, plural balgamlar)

1. sputum, phlegm, expectoration

• “balgam”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu
• Ayverdi, İlhan (2010), “balgam”, in Misalli Büyük Türkçe Sözlük, a reviewed and expanded single-volume edition, Istanbul: Kubbealtı Neşriyatı
• Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007), “balgam1”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 451
• Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–), “balgam”, in Nişanyan Sözlük