English
Alternative spellings
halvah
halwa
halwah
Noun
wikipedia
en-noun|-
- A confection usually made from crushed sesame seeds and honey. It is a traditional dessert in India, the Mediterranean, the Balkans, and the Middle East.
Translations
Arabic: ARchar|ØÙ�اÙ�Ø©|ØÙ�Ù�اÙ�Ø© f
Bosnian: halva#Bosnian|halva f, tahan halva#Bosnian|tahan halva f
Bulgarian: t-|bg|�алва|f|sc=Cyrl
Croatian: t-|hr|alva|f, t-|hr|halva|f
Dutch: t-|nl|halva|m
Finnish: t-|fi|halva
French: t+|fr|halva|m
German: Halva m
Greek: �αλβά� m
Hebrew: ���� f
Italian: t-|it|halva|m
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Japanese: ��� (haruba)
Macedonian: �алва f
Russian: t-|ru|�алва|f|sc=Cyrl
Serbian:
Spanish: t-|es|halva|m
Swedish: t+|sv|halva|c
Turkish: helva, tahinhelvası
Category:Desserts
Bosnian
Etymology
From Turk.|bs
Noun
halva f s (p: halve)
- halva
Synonyms
tahan halva#Bosnian|tahan halva
Category:Bosnian nouns
Category:bs:Desserts
Croatian
Etymology
From Turk.|hr
Noun
hr-noun|g=f|halve
- #English|halva
Declension
hr-decl-noun
|halva|halve
|halve|halva / halvi
|halvi|halvama
|halvu|halve
|halvo|halve
|halvi|halvama
|halvom|halvama
Synonyms
alva#Croatian|alva
Dutch
Noun
halva
- halva
French
Pronunciation
w:IPA|IPA: /hal.va/
w:SAMPA|SAMPA: /hal.va/
Noun
halva
- halva
Hungarian
Etymology
From the verb hal
Adverb
halva
- dead (Mainly in the expression �lve vagy halva, meaning Dead or alive.)
Category:Hungarian adverbs
Italian
Noun
halva
- halva
Serbian
Etymology
From Turk.|sr
Noun
halva f s (p: halve)
- halva
Cyrillic spelling
�алва#Serbian|�алва
Synonyms
tahan halva#Serbian|tahan halva
Category:Serbian nouns
Category:sr:Desserts
Swedish
Noun
halva
- halva
Noun
sv-noun-reg-or|halv
halva
- a half
#:Jag gav barnen varsin halva av äpplet.
#::I gave the kids one half of the apple each.
Related terms
halv
halvera
fr:halva
pl:halva
ru:halva
sv:halva
vi:halva
tr:halva
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