حلوا

See also: خلوا

Arabic

Verb

حلوا (form I)

  1. حَلُّوا (ḥallū) /ħal.luː/: third-person masculine plural past active of حَلَّ (ḥalla)
  2. حُلُّوا (ḥullū) /ħul.luː/: inflection of حَلَّ (ḥalla):
    1. third-person masculine plural past passive
    2. second-person masculine plural imperative
  3. حِلُّوا (ḥillū) /ħil.luː/: second-person masculine plural imperative of حَلَّ (ḥalla)

Munji

Noun

حلوا (halwā)

  1. dessert

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

Borrowed from Persian حلوا (halvâ, “sweetmeat”), from Arabic حَلْوَى (ḥalwā, “candy, confection, dessert”).

Noun

حلوا • (halva or helva) (definite accusative حلوایی (helvayı), plural حلوالر (helvalar))

  1. halva, a traditional Middle Eastern confection usually made from crushed sesame seeds and honey

Derived terms

  • آق حلوا (ak helva, “white halva”)
  • ارشته حلواسی (erişte helvası, “fresh made halva of vermicelli”)
  • اون حلواسی (un helvası, “halva prepared with flour and butter”)
  • بادم حلواسی (badem helvası, “halva prepared with almonds”)
  • حلوا باصمق (helva basmak, “to make halva”)
  • حلوا صحبتی (helva sohbeti, “social feast at which halva is the main dish”)
  • حلوا پیشرمك (helva pişirmek, “to cook halva”)
  • حلواجی (helvacı, “confectioner”)
  • حلواخانه (helvahane, “cauldron used to make halva”)
  • حلوالق (helvalık, “child's pocket-money”)
  • خاقانی حلوا (hakani helva, “kind of homemade halva”)
  • خبیص حلواسی (hâbis helvası, “jelly-halva”)
  • رشیدیه حلواسی (reşidiye helvası, “halva made in a mass of vermicelli”)
  • ساقز حلواسی (sakız helvası, “halva with mastic”)
  • سیسام حلواسی (sisam helvası, “halva prepared with sesame seeds”)
  • طحین حلواسی (tahin helvası, “halva made of tahini”)
  • غازیلر حلواسی (gâziler helvası, “halva of warriors”)
  • فندق حلواسی (fındık helvası, “halva with hazelnuts”)
  • قار حلواسی (kar helvası, “syrup poured on snow”)
  • قامش حلواسی (kamış helvası, “halva in the form of a stick”)
  • قدرت حلواسی (kudret helvası, “manna”)
  • قوز حلواسی (koz helvası, “halva in which kernels of walnuts are mixed”)
  • كاغد حلواسی (kâğıd helvası, “wafers with halva between”)
  • كتان حلواسی (katan helvası, “halva made in a mass of fibres”)
  • نشاسته حلواسی (nişasta helvası, “halva made with starch”)
  • هند حلوا (hind helva, “black catechu”)

Descendants

  • > Turkish: helva (inherited)
  • → Albanian: hallvë
  • → Bulgarian: халва́ (halvá)
  • → Crimean Tatar: elva
  • → Greek: χαλβάς (chalvás)
  • → Hebrew: חלווה (khálva)
  • → Ladino: halvá
  • → Macedonian: алва (alva)
  • → Romanian: halva
  • → Russian: халва́ (xalvá)
  • → Serbo-Croatian:

Further reading

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic حَلْوَى (ḥalwā).

Pronunciation

 

Readings
Classical reading? halwā
Dari reading? halwā
Iranian reading? halvâ
Tajik reading? halvo

Noun

حلوا • (halvâ)

  1. sweetmeat

Descendants

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