халва

Bulgarian

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [xɐɫˈva]
  • Rhymes: -va

Noun

халва́ • (halvá) f

  1. halva

Declension

Russian

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [xɐɫˈva]

Noun

халва́ • (xalvá) f inan (genitive халвы́, nominative plural халвы́, genitive plural халв)

  1. halva

Declension

References

  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “халва”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
  • Chernykh, P. Ja. (1993) “халва”, in Историко-этимологический словарь русского языка [Historical-Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), 3rd edition, volumes 2 (панцирь – ящур), Moscow: Russian Lang., →ISBN, page 330

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

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

Noun

халва f (Latin spelling halva)

  1. halva

Declension

Synonyms

  • тахан халва
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