халуа

Kazakh

Alternative scripts
Arabic حالۋا
Cyrillic халуа
Latin xalua

Alternative forms

  • алуа (alua)

Etymology

Borrowed from Persian حلوا (halvâ), from Arabic حَلْوَى (ḥalwā).

Noun

халуа • (xalua)

  1. halva (a traditional dessert in South Asia, the Mediterranean, the Balkans, and the Middle East)