حلاوة

Arabic

Root
ح ل و (ḥ l w)
10 terms

Etymology

Verbal noun of حَلَا (ḥalā).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ħa.laː.wa/

Noun

حَلَاوَة • (ḥalāwa) f

  1. verbal noun of حَلَا (ḥalā, “to be sweet”) (form I)
  2. sweetness
  3. sugar wax

Declension

Declension of noun حَلَاوَة (ḥalāwa)
singular singular triptote in ـَة (-a)
indefinite definite construct
informal حَلَاوَة
ḥalāwa 		الْحَلَاوَة
al-ḥalāwa 		حَلَاوَة
ḥalāwat
nominative حَلَاوَةٌ
ḥalāwatun 		الْحَلَاوَةُ
al-ḥalāwatu 		حَلَاوَةُ
ḥalāwatu
accusative حَلَاوَةً
ḥalāwatan 		الْحَلَاوَةَ
al-ḥalāwata 		حَلَاوَةَ
ḥalāwata
genitive حَلَاوَةٍ
ḥalāwatin 		الْحَلَاوَةِ
al-ḥalāwati 		حَلَاوَةِ
ḥalāwati

Descendants

  • Maltese: ħlewwa
  • → English: halawa
  • → Azerbaijani: həlavət
  • → Persian: حلاوت (halâvat)
  • → Ottoman Turkish: حلاوت (halâvet)
    > Turkish: halavet (inherited)
  • → Uyghur: ھالاۋەت (halawet)
  • → Uzbek: halovat

Hijazi Arabic

Root
ح ل و
2 terms

Etymology

From Arabic حَلَاوَة (ḥalāwa).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ħa.laː.wa/

Noun

حلاوة • (ḥalāwa) f (dual حلاوتين (ḥalāwatēn), plural حلويّات (ḥalāwiyyāt))

  1. candy
  2. sweetness

Moroccan Arabic

Root
ح ل و
3 terms

Etymology

From Arabic حَلَاوَة (ḥalāwa).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ħlaː.wa/

Noun

حلاوة • (ḥlāwa) f

  1. sweetness
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