حلوى

Arabic

Etymology 1

Root
ح ل و (ḥ l w)
10 terms

Noun

حَلْوَى • (ḥalwā) f (dual حَلْوَيَانِ (ḥalwayāni), plural حَلَاوَى (ḥalāwā) or حَلْوَيَات (ḥalwayāt))

candy, confection, sweet pastry
dessert

Declension

Declension of noun **حَلْوَى** (ḥalwā)
singular	singular invariable
singular	indefinite	definite	construct
informal	حَلْوَى ḥalwā	الْحَلْوَى al-ḥalwā	حَلْوَى ḥalwā
nominative	حَلْوَى ḥalwā	الْحَلْوَى al-ḥalwā	حَلْوَى ḥalwā
accusative	حَلْوَى ḥalwā	الْحَلْوَى al-ḥalwā	حَلْوَى ḥalwā
genitive	حَلْوَى ḥalwā	الْحَلْوَى al-ḥalwā	حَلْوَى ḥalwā
dual	indefinite	definite	construct
informal	حَلْوَيَيْن ḥalwayayn	الْحَلْوَيَيْن al-ḥalwayayn	حَلْوَيَيْ ḥalwayay
nominative	حَلْوَيَانِ ḥalwayāni	الْحَلْوَيَانِ al-ḥalwayāni	حَلْوَيَا ḥalwayā
accusative	حَلْوَيَيْنِ ḥalwayayni	الْحَلْوَيَيْنِ al-ḥalwayayni	حَلْوَيَيْ ḥalwayay
genitive	حَلْوَيَيْنِ ḥalwayayni	الْحَلْوَيَيْنِ al-ḥalwayayni	حَلْوَيَيْ ḥalwayay
plural	broken plural invariable‎; sound feminine plural
plural	indefinite	definite	construct
informal	حَلَاوَى‎; حَلْوَيَات ḥalāwā‎; ḥalwayāt	الْحَلَاوَى‎; الْحَلْوَيَات al-ḥalāwā‎; al-ḥalwayāt	حَلَاوَى‎; حَلْوَيَات ḥalāwā‎; ḥalwayāt
nominative	حَلَاوَى‎; حَلْوَيَاتٌ ḥalāwā‎; ḥalwayātun	الْحَلَاوَى‎; الْحَلْوَيَاتُ al-ḥalāwā‎; al-ḥalwayātu	حَلَاوَى‎; حَلْوَيَاتُ ḥalāwā‎; ḥalwayātu
accusative	حَلَاوَى‎; حَلْوَيَاتٍ ḥalāwā‎; ḥalwayātin	الْحَلَاوَى‎; الْحَلْوَيَاتِ al-ḥalāwā‎; al-ḥalwayāti	حَلَاوَى‎; حَلْوَيَاتِ ḥalāwā‎; ḥalwayāti
genitive	حَلَاوَى‎; حَلْوَيَاتٍ ḥalāwā‎; ḥalwayātin	الْحَلَاوَى‎; الْحَلْوَيَاتِ al-ḥalāwā‎; al-ḥalwayāti	حَلَاوَى‎; حَلْوَيَاتِ ḥalāwā‎; ḥalwayāti

Descendants

Gulf Arabic: حلوى (ḥalwa)
Moroccan Arabic: حلوى (ḥalwa)
- Ladino: alḥalua, alḥalwinada (Haketia)
→ Hausa: àlāwā̀
→ Malay: halwa
- Malaccan Creole Malay: alua
- Indonesian: halwa
→ Persian: حلوا (halvâ)
- → Assamese: হালুৱা (halua)
- → Bengali: হালুয়া (haluẏa)
- → Hindustani:
  Hindi: हलवा (halvā)
  Urdu: حلوہ (halvā)
  - → Burmese: ဟလဝါ (ha.la.wa)
- → Marathi: हलवा (halvā)
- → Ottoman Turkish: حلوا (halva, helva)
  - > Turkish: helva (inherited)
  - → Albanian: hallvë
  - → Bulgarian: халва́ (halvá)
  - → Crimean Tatar: elva
  - → Greek: χαλβάς (chalvás)
  - → Hebrew: חלווה (khálva)
    - → Yiddish: כאַלווע (khalve)
    - → Dutch: halva
    - → English: halva
  - → Ladino: halvá
  - → Macedonian: алва (alva)
  - → Romanian: halva
  - → Russian: халва́ (xalvá)
  - → Serbo-Croatian:
    - Latin script: halva
    - Cyrillic script: халва
- → Punjabi:
  Gurmukhi script: ਹਲਵਾ (halvā)
  Shahmukhi script: حلوا (halvā)
→ Tamil: ஹல்வா (halvā)
→ Tausug: halluwa
→ Uyghur: ھالۋا (halwa)
→ Uzbek: halvo, holva

Etymology 2

Adjective

حُلْوَى • (ḥulwā) f

feminine singular of أَحْلَى (ʔaḥlā)