બલગમ

Gujarati

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian بَلْغَم (balğam), from Arabic بَلْغَم (balḡam), from Ancient Greek φλέγμα (phlégma).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Gujarati) IPA^(key): /ˈbəl.ɡəm/
• Hyphenation: બલ‧ગમ
• Rhymes: -əm

Noun

બલગમ • (balgam) m

1. phlegm, cough, sputum

   Synonyms: કફ (kaph), ગળફો (gaḷphŏ), બળખો (baḷkhŏ)

Further reading

More information

• “બલગમ”, in Gujaratilexicon.com [Gujarati-English dictionary], Arnion Technologies, 2009.
• “બલગમ”, in Gujaratilexicon.com [Gujarati-Gujarati dictionary], Arnion Technologies, 2009.
• “બલગમ”, in રેખ્તા ગુજરાતી શબ્દકોશ (rekhtā gujrātī śabdakoś) (in Gujarati), Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2025.
• “બલગમ”, in गुजराती-हिंदी-अंग्रेज़ी त्रिभाषा कोश (gujrātī-hindī-aṅgrezī tribhāṣā koś) [Gujarati-Hindi-English Trilingual Dictionary] (in Hindi), केंद्रीय हिंदी निदेशालय [Central Hindi Directorate], 1989, page 1288
• નાયક, છોટુભાઈ રણછોડજી [Naik, Chhotubhai Ranchhodji] (1972-1988) “બલગમ”, in ફારસી શબ્દોનો સાર્થ વ્યુત્પત્તિ કોશ (phārsī śabdono sārth vyutpatti koś) [Dictionary of the meanings and origins of Persian words]‎^[1] (in Gujarati), volume 3, અમદાવાદ [Ahmedabad]: ગુજરાત યુનિવર્સિટી [Gujarat University], page 132, column 1