Unexpected Etymology: بلغم

 The last thing I would expect that بلغم/balgham comes from Ancient Greek!

It does! It comes from φλέγμα (phlégma, “phlegm, a cold slimy humour of the body”).

Generated by AI: better something Ancient Greek than balgham for a blogpost photo


Source: wiktionary

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