حلوا

See also: خلوا‎

Arabic

Verb

حَلُّوا • (ḥallū) (form I)

third-person masculine plural past active of حَلَّ‎ (ḥalla)

Verb

حُلُّوا • (ḥullū) (form I)

third-person masculine plural past passive of حَلَّ‎ (ḥalla)

Munji

Noun

حلوا (halwā)

dessert

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

From Persian ‎ (halvâ), from Arabic حَلْوَى‎ (ḥalwā).

Noun

حلوا • (halva, helva)

halva
‏حلوا باصمق‎ ― halva basmak ― to make halva (literally, “to press halva”)

Descendants

Turkish: helva
→ Albanian: hallvë
→ Bulgarian: халва́ (halvá)
→ Crimean Tatar: elva
→ Macedonian: алва (alva)
→ Romanian: halva
- → Hebrew: חלווה‎ (khalvá)
  - → Yiddish: כאַלווע‎ (khalve)
  - → Dutch: halva
  - → English: halva
→ Russian: халва́ (xalvá)
→ Serbo-Croatian: халва (halva)

Persian

Etymology

From Arabic حَلْوَى‎ (ḥalwā).

Pronunciation

(Classical Persian): IPA^(key): /halwɑː/

(Dari): IPA^(key): /halwɒː/

(Iranian Persian): IPA^(key): /hælvɒː/
(Tajik): IPA^(key): /halvɔː/

Noun

حلوا • (halvâ)

sweetmeat

Descendants

→ 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
- → Albanian: hallvë
- → Bulgarian: халва́ (halvá)
- → Crimean Tatar: elva
- → Macedonian: алва (alva)
- → Romanian: halva
  - → Hebrew: חלווה‎ (khalvá)
    - → Yiddish: כאַלווע‎ (khalve)
    - → Dutch: halva
    - → English: halva
- → Russian: халва́ (xalvá)
- → Serbo-Croatian: халва (halva)

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