Arabic · noun · The Heart & the Body
Akhlaat
अख़्लात
said akh-LAAT
also written: akhlat, khilt
Meaning
The humours of the body; in Yunani medicine the four cardinal fluids (blood, phlegm, yellow bile and black bile) whose balance governs health.
Literally: plural of khilt, a humour or admixture
Related words
ARABIC
Khilt
A single humour of the body; one of the four bodily fluids of Yunani medicine.
ARABIC
Nafas / Dam
Breath (nafas / dam).
ARABIC
Balgham
Phlegm; in the old humoral system, the cold-moist humour governing calm and lethargy.
ARABIC
Safra
Yellow bile; in humoral medicine the hot-dry humour linked to heat and anger.
ARABIC
Sauda
Melancholy madness or obsessive passion, the fixed frenzy of a mind possessed by one idea or love.