χαλβάς
Greek
Etymology
Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish حلوا (halva, helva), from Persian حلوا (halvâ), from Arabic حَلْوَى (ḥalwā).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /xalˈvas/
- Hyphenation: χαλ‧βάς
Noun
χαλβάς • (chalvás) m (plural χαλβάδες)
- halva, confection usually made from crushed sesame seeds and honey
- (figuratively, of a person) sluggish, slothful, languid
- Synonyms: λαπάς (lapás), νερόβραστος (neróvrastos)
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | χαλβάς (chalvás) | χαλβάδες (chalvádes) |
| genitive | χαλβά (chalvá) | χαλβάδων (chalvádon) |
| accusative | χαλβά (chalvá) | χαλβάδες (chalvádes) |
| vocative | χαλβά (chalvá) | χαλβάδες (chalvádes) |
Further reading
- χαλβάς on the Greek Wikipedia.Wikipedia el
- χαλβάς, in Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής [Dictionary of Standard Modern Greek], Triantafyllidis Foundation, 1998 at the Centre for the Greek language