halva

== English == === Alternative forms === khalva, halava, halavah, halawa, halaweh, halvah, halwa, halwah, hulwa === Etymology === From Yiddish חלווה (khálva), from Romanian halva, from Ottoman Turkish حلوا (helva), from Persian حلوا (halvâ), from Arabic حَلْوَى (ḥalwā). Cognate with Halwai. === Pronunciation === (General American) IPA(key): /hɑːlˈvɑː/, /ˈhɑːlvɑː/, /ˈxɑːlvə/ === Noun === halva (countable and uncountable, plural halvas) A confection usually made from crushed sesame seeds and honey. It is a traditional dessert in South Asia, the Mediterranean and the Middle East. ==== Derived terms ==== sohan halva ==== Related terms ==== Halwai ==== Translations ==== === References === === Further reading === halva on Wikipedia.Wikipedia == Azerbaijani == === Etymology === From Arabic حَلْوَى (ḥalwā). === Noun === halva (definite accusative halvanı, plural halvalar) halva ==== Declension ==== === Further reading === “halva” in Obastan.com. == Dutch == === Etymology === From Hebrew חלבה (halvá), from Romanian halva, from Ottoman Turkish حلوا (helva), from Persian حلوا (halvâ), from Arabic حَلْوَى (ḥalwā). === Pronunciation === Hyphenation: hal‧va === Noun === halva f or m (plural halva's, diminutive halvaatje n) halva == Estonian == === Adjective === halva genitive singular of halb == Finnish == === Etymology === From Russian халва (xalva). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈhɑlʋɑ/, [ˈhɑ̝lʋɑ̝] Rhymes: -ɑlʋɑ Syllabification(key): hal‧va Hyphenation(key): hal‧va === Noun === halva halva ==== Declension ==== === Further reading === “halva”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎[2] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2 July 2023 == French == === Pronunciation === (aspirated h) IPA(key): /al.va/ === Noun === halva m (plural halvas) halva === Further reading === “halva”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012 == Hungarian == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [ˈhɒlvɒ] Hyphenation: hal‧va Rhymes: -vɒ === Etymology 1 === hal (“to die”) +‎ -va (adverbial-participle suffix) ==== Participle ==== halva adverbial participle of hal (“to die”) ==== Adverb ==== halva dead (as a complement: in the state of being dead) Synonym: holtan élve vagy halva ― dead or alive halva született ― stillborn ===== Derived terms ===== === Etymology 2 === ==== Noun ==== halva (usually uncountable, plural halvák) halva (confection usually made from crushed sesame seeds and honey) ===== Declension ===== ===== Derived terms ===== === Further reading === (dead): halva in Géza Bárczi, László Országh, et al., editors, A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára [The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (ÉrtSz.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN. (halva [a confection usually made from crushed sesame seeds and honey]): halva in Géza Bárczi, László Országh, et al., editors, A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára [The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (ÉrtSz.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN. == Ingrian == === Etymology === From Proto-Finnic *halpa. Cognates include Finnish halpa (“cheap”) and Estonian halb (“bad”). === Pronunciation === (Ala-Laukaa) IPA(key): /ˈhɑlʋɑ/, [ˈhɑɫʋ] (Soikkola) IPA(key): /ˈhɑlʋɑ/, [ˈhɑɫʋɑ] Rhymes: -ɑlʋ, -ɑlʋɑ Hyphenation: hal‧va === Adjective === halva (comparative halvemp) cheap bad ==== Declension ==== === References === Ruben E. Nirvi (1971), Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 43 == Italian == === Noun === halva f halva == Norwegian Bokmål == === Alternative forms === halven === Noun === halva m or f definite feminine singular of halve == Norwegian Nynorsk == === Noun === halva f (definite singular halva, indefinite plural halver or halvor, definite plural halvene or halvone) (pre-2012) alternative form of halve definite singular of halve == Romanian == === Etymology === Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish حلوا (helva), from Arabic حَلْوَى (ḥalwā). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /halˈva/ === Noun === halva f (plural halvale) halva ==== Declension ==== == Serbo-Croatian == === Etymology === Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish حلوا (helva) (Turkish helva), from Arabic حَلْوَى (ḥalwā). === Noun === halva f (Cyrillic spelling халва) halva Synonym: tahan halva ==== Declension ==== == Swedish == === Noun === halva c halva === Noun === halva c a half (colloquial) the second snaps drunk in a series ==== Declension ==== === Adjective === halva inflection of halv: definite singular plural ==== Derived terms ==== ägghalva ==== Related terms ==== halv halvera ==== See also ==== hälft === References === halva in Svensk ordbok (SO) halva in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)