halva

halva

English

a Turkish halva bar

Alternative forms

• halavah, halvah, halwa, halwah, halava, halawa, halaweh, hulwa

Etymology

From Hebrew חלווה‎ (khalvá), from Romanian halva, from Ottoman Turkish حلوا‎ (helva), from Persian حلوا‎ (halvâ), from Arabic حَلْوَى‎ (ḥalwā).[1]

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /hɑːlˈvɑː/, /ˈhɑːlvɑː/

Noun

halva (countable and uncountable, plural halvas)

1. A confection usually made from crushed sesame seeds and honey. It is a traditional dessert in South Asia, the Mediterranean and the Middle East.
   • 2016 January 26, Eyal Press, “When ‘Made In Israel’ Is a Human Rights Abuse”, in The New York Times‎:

     Just before Christmas, Ron Dermer, Israel’s ambassador to the United States, sent the White House a box of holiday gifts with a pointed political message. Inside were items (body lotion, halvah, olive oil) produced in Jewish settlements in the West Bank.

Translations

confection

Albanian: hallvë (sq) f Arabic: حَلَاوَة طَحِيِنِيَّة‎ f (ḥalāwa ṭaḥiyiniyya), حَلْوَى شَامِيَّة‎ f (ḥalwā šāmiyya) Armenian: հալվա (hy) (halva) Assamese: হালুৱা (halua) Azerbaijani: halva (az) Bashkir: хәлүә (xälüä) Belarusian: халва́ f (xalvá) Bengali: হালুয়া (bn) (haluya) Bulgarian: халва́ f (halvá) Burmese: ဟလဝါ (my) (ha.la.wa) Chinese: Dungan: халўва (halwva), халуван (haluvan) Mandarin: 哈爾瓦／哈尔瓦 (hā'ěrwǎ) Crimean Tatar: elva Czech: chalva (cs) f Dutch: halva m Estonian: halvaa Finnish: halva (fi) French: halva (fr) m Georgian: ჰალვა (halva) German: Halva m, Halwa n Greek: χαλβάς (el) m (chalvás) Hausa: àlāwā̀ f Hebrew: חַלְוָה‎ (he) f (khalvá) Hindi: हलवा (hi) m (halvā), मोहनभीग m (mohanbhīg) Hungarian: halva (hu) Ido: halva Italian: halva m Japanese: ハルバ (haruba), ハルヴァ (haruva) Kazakh: халуа (xalua), қалуа (qalua), алуа (alua) Korean: 할바 (halba), 할와 (harwa) Kumyk: гьалива (haliwa) Kurdish: Northern Kurdish: helaw (ku) Kyrgyz: халва (ky) (halva) Latvian: halva f Lithuanian: chalva f Macedonian: алва f (alva) Malay: halwa Maltese: ħelwa tat-Tork Marathi: हलवा (halvā) Ottoman Turkish: حلوا‎ (helva) Pashto: حلوا‎ (ps) f (halwã) Persian: حلوا‎ (fa) (halvâ) Polish: chałwa (pl) f Portuguese: halvah f Romanian: halva (ro) f Russian: халва́ (ru) f (xalvá) Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: халва f, алва f, тахан халва f Roman: halva (sh) f, alva (sh) f, tahan halva f Slovak: chalva f Slovene: halva f Spanish: halva (es) m Swedish: halva (sv) c, helva c Tajik: ҳалво (halvo) Tamil: ஹல்வா (ta) (halvā) Tatar: хәлвә (tt) (xälwä) Turkish: helva (tr), tahin helvası (tr) Turkmen: halwa Ukrainian: халва́ (uk) f (xalvá) Urdu: حلوہ‎ m (halvā) Uyghur: ھالۋا‎ (ug) (halwa) Uzbek: holva (uz) Vietnamese: bánh hanva, bánh mật (vi) Yiddish: כאַלווע‎ f (khalve)

References

1. "halva" Dictionary.com. Dictionary.com Unabridged (v 1.1). Random House, Inc. 2009.

Further reading

• halva on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

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Azerbaijani

Etymology

From Arabic حَلْوَى‎ (ḥalwā).

Noun

halva (definite accusative halvanı, plural halvalar)

1. halva

Declension

Declension of halva
	singular	plural
nominative	halva	halvalar
definite accusative	halvanı	halvaları
dative	halvaya	halvalara
locative	halvada	halvalarda
ablative	halvadan	halvalardan
definite genitive	halvanın	halvaların

Possessive forms of halva
	nominative
	singular	plural
mənim (“my”)	halvam	halvalarım
sənin (“your”)	halvan	halvaların
onun (“his/her/its”)	halvası	halvaları
bizim (“our”)	halvamız	halvalarımız
sizin (“your”)	halvanız	halvalarınız
onların (“their”)	halvası or halvaları	halvaları
	accusative
	singular	plural
mənim (“my”)	halvamı	halvalarımı
sənin (“your”)	halvanı	halvalarını
onun (“his/her/its”)	halvasını	halvalarını
bizim (“our”)	halvamızı	halvalarımızı
sizin (“your”)	halvanızı	halvalarınızı
onların (“their”)	halvasını or halvalarını	halvalarını
	dative
	singular	plural
mənim (“my”)	halvama	halvalarıma
sənin (“your”)	halvana	halvalarına
onun (“his/her/its”)	halvasına	halvalarına
bizim (“our”)	halvamıza	halvalarımıza
sizin (“your”)	halvanıza	halvalarınıza
onların (“their”)	halvasına or halvalarına	halvalarına
	locative
	singular	plural
mənim (“my”)	halvamda	halvalarımda
sənin (“your”)	halvanda	halvalarında
onun (“his/her/its”)	halvasında	halvalarında
bizim (“our”)	halvamızda	halvalarımızda
sizin (“your”)	halvanızda	halvalarınızda
onların (“their”)	halvasında or halvalarında	halvalarında
	ablative
	singular	plural
mənim (“my”)	halvamdan	halvalarımdan
sənin (“your”)	halvandan	halvalarından
onun (“his/her/its”)	halvasından	halvalarından
bizim (“our”)	halvamızdan	halvalarımızdan
sizin (“your”)	halvanızdan	halvalarınızdan
onların (“their”)	halvasından or halvalarından	halvalarından
	genitive
	singular	plural
mənim (“my”)	halvamın	halvalarımın
sənin (“your”)	halvanın	halvalarının
onun (“his/her/its”)	halvasının	halvalarının
bizim (“our”)	halvamızın	halvalarımızın
sizin (“your”)	halvanızın	halvalarınızın
onların (“their”)	halvasının or halvalarının	halvalarının

Further reading

• “halva” in Obastan.com.

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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)

1. halva

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Estonian

Adjective

halva

1. genitive singular of halb

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Finnish

Etymology

From Russian халва (xalva).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈhɑlʋɑ/, [ˈhɑlʋɑ]
• Rhymes: -ɑlʋɑ
• Syllabification^(key): hal‧va

Noun

halva

1. halva

Declension

Inflection of halva (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation)
nominative		halva	halvat
genitive		halvan	halvojen
partitive		halvaa	halvoja
illative		halvaan	halvoihin
		singular	plural
nominative		halva	halvat
accusative	nom.	halva	halvat
	gen.	halvan
genitive		halvan	halvojen halvainrare
partitive		halvaa	halvoja
inessive		halvassa	halvoissa
elative		halvasta	halvoista
illative		halvaan	halvoihin
adessive		halvalla	halvoilla
ablative		halvalta	halvoilta
allative		halvalle	halvoille
essive		halvana	halvoina
translative		halvaksi	halvoiksi
instructive		—	halvoin
abessive		halvatta	halvoitta
comitative		—	halvoineen

Possessive forms of halva (type kala)
possessor	singular	plural
1st person	halvani	halvamme
2nd person	halvasi	halvanne
3rd person	halvansa

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French

Pronunciation

• ^{(aspirated h)} IPA^(key): /al.va/

Noun

halva m (plural halvas)

1. halva

Further reading

• “halva”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

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Hungarian

Etymology

hal (“to die”) +‎ -va (adverbial-participle suffix)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈhɒlvɒ]

• Audio

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• Hyphenation: hal‧va
• Rhymes: -vɒ

Participle

halva

1. adverbial participle of hal (“to die”)

Adverb

halva

1. dead

   élve vagy halva ― dead or alive

   halva született ― stillborn

Derived terms

Expressions

• élve vagy halva

 

Further reading

• (dead): halva in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (‘The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN
• (halva [a confection usually made from crushed sesame seeds and honey]): halva in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (‘The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN

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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: -ɑlʋɑ
• Hyphenation: hal‧va

Adjective

halva

1. cheap
2. bad

Declension

Declension of halva (type 3/koira, no gradation)
	singular	plural
nominative	halva	halvat
genitive	halvan	halviin
partitive	halvaa	halvia
illative	halvaa	halvii
inessive	halvaas	halviis
elative	halvast	halvist
allative	halvalle	halville
adessive	halvaal	halviil
ablative	halvalt	halvilt
translative	halvaks	halviks
essive	halvanna, halvaan	halvinna, halviin
exessive1)	halvant	halvint
1) obsolete *) the accusative corresponds with either the genitive (sg) or nominative (pl) **) the comitative is formed by adding the suffix -ka? or -kä? to the genitive.

References

• Ruben E. Nirvi (1971) Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 43

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Italian

Noun

halva f

1. halva

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Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

• halven

Noun

halva m or f

1. definite feminine singular of halve

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

halva f (definite singular halva, indefinite plural halver or halvor, definite plural halvene or halvone)

1. (pre-2012) alternative form of halve
2. definite singular of halve

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Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish حلوا‎ (helva), from Arabic حَلْوَى‎ (ḥalwā).

Noun

halva f (plural halvale)

1. halva

Declension

Declension of halva

	singular		plural
	indefinite articulation	definite articulation	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	(o) halva	halvaua	(niște) halvale	halvalele
genitive/dative	(unei) halvale	halvalei	(unor) halvale	halvalelor
vocative	halva		halvalelor

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Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish حلوا‎ (helva) (Turkish helva), from Arabic حَلْوَى‎ (ḥalwā).

Noun

halva f (Cyrillic spelling халва)

1. halva

Declension

Declension of halva

	singular	plural
nominative	halva	halve
genitive	halve	halva / halvi
dative	halvi	halvama
accusative	halvu	halve
vocative	halvo	halve
locative	halvom	halvama
instrumental	halvi	halvama

Synonyms

• tahan halva

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Swedish

Noun

halva c

1. halva

Noun

halva c

1. a half

   Jag gav barnen varsin halva av äpplet.

   I gave the kids one half of the apple each.

Declension

Declension of halva
	Singular		Plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	halva	halvan	halvor	halvorna
Genitive	halvas	halvans	halvors	halvornas

Synonyms

• hälft

Related terms

• halv
• halvera