halva

• halvah, halwa, halwah, halava

From Hebrew חלווה‎ (khalvá), from Romanian halva, from Ottoman Turkish حلوا‎ (helva), from Persian حلوا‎ (halvâ), from Arabic حلاوة‎ (ḥalāwa), from حَلْو‎ (ḥalw, “sweet”).[1]

• (General American) IPA^(key): /hɑːlˈvɑː/, /ˈhɑːlvɑː/

halva (countable and uncountable, plural halvas)

1. A confection usually made from crushed sesame seeds and honey. It is a traditional dessert in India, the Mediterranean, the Balkans, and the Middle East.
   • 2016 January 26, Eyal Press, “When ‘Made In Israel’ Is a Human Rights Abuse”, in The New York Times‎:

     Just before Christmas, Ron Dermer, Israel’s ambassador to the United States, sent the White House a box of holiday gifts with a pointed political message. Inside were items (body lotion, halvah, olive oil) produced in Jewish settlements in the West Bank.

• halva on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

From Hebrew חלבה‎ (halvá), from Romanian halva, from Ottoman Turkish حلوا‎ (helva), from Persian حلوا‎ (halvâ), from Arabic حلاوة‎ (ḥalāwa).

• Hyphenation: hal‧va

halva f or m (plural halva's, diminutive halvaatje n)

1. halva

halva

1. genitive singular of halb

halva

1. halva

• ^{(aspirated h)} IPA^(key): /al.va/

halva m (plural halvas)

1. halva

• “halva” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

hal (“to die”) +‎ -va

• IPA^(key): [ˈhɒlvɒ]

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• Hyphenation: hal‧va

halva

1. dead

   élve vagy halva ― dead or alive

   halva született ― stillborn

2. adverbial participle of hal

• élve vagy halva

halva

1. bad

halva f

1. halva

• halven

halva m or f

1. definite feminine singular of halve

halva f

1. definite singular of halve

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish حلوا‎ (helva), from Arabic حَلْوَى‎ (ḥalwā).

halva f (plural halvale)

1. halva

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish حلوا‎ (helva) (Turkish helva), from Arabic حَلْوَى‎ (ḥalwā).

halva f (Cyrillic spelling халва)

1. halva

• tahan halva

halva c

1. halva

halva c

1. a half

   Jag gav barnen varsin halva av äpplet.

   I gave the kids one half of the apple each.

• hälft

• halv
• halvera