helvacı

== Turkish == === Etymology === Inherited from Ottoman Turkish حلواجی (helvacı, “confectioner”); equivalent to helva (“halva, confection”) +‎ -cı. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /hel.vaˈd͡ʒɯ/ === Noun === helvacı (definite accusative helvacıyı, plural helvacılar) maker or seller of halva, a traditional Middle Eastern confection ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== === Further reading === “helvacı”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu Ayverdi, İlhan (2010), “helvacı”, in Misalli Büyük Türkçe Sözlük, a reviewed and expanded single-volume edition, Istanbul: Kubbealtı Neşriyatı Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007), “helvacı”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 2, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 1928