حلوا
See also: خلوا
Arabic
Munji
Ottoman Turkish
حلوا
Etymology
Borrowed from Persian حلوا (halvâ, “sweetmeat”), from Arabic حَلْوَى (ḥalwā, “candy, confection, dessert”).
Noun
حلوا • (halva, helva)
- halva, a traditional Middle Eastern confection usually made from crushed sesame seeds and honey
Derived terms
- ارشته حلواسی (erişte helvası, “fresh made halva of vermicelli”)
- اون حلواسی (un helvası, “halva prepared with flour and butter”)
- بادم حلواسی (badem helvası, “halva prepared with almonds”)
- حلوا باصمق (helva basmak, “to make halva”)
- حلوا صحبتی (helva sohbeti, “social feast at which halva is the main dish”)
- حلواجی (helvacı, “confectioner”)
- حلواخانه (helvahane, “cauldron used to make halva”)
- حلوالق (helvalık, “child's pocket-money”)
- خاقانی حلوا (hakani helva, “kind of homemade halva”)
- سیسام حلواسی (sisam helvası, “halva prepared with sesame seeds”)
- قار حلواسی (kar helvası, “syrup poured on snow”)
- قدرت حلواسی (kudret helvası, “manna”)
- قوز حلواسی (koz helvası, “halva in which kernels of walnuts are mixed”)
- كاغد حلواسی (kâğıd helvası, “wafers with halva between”)
- كتان حلواسی (katan helvası, “halva made in a mass of fibres”)
- هند حلوا (hind helva, “black catechu”)
Descendants
Further reading
- Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “helva”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 1928
- Hindoglu, Artin (1838) “حلوا”, in Hazine-i lûgat ou dictionnaire abrégé turc-français, Vienna: F. Beck, page 201a
- Kélékian, Diran (1911) “حلوا”, in Dictionnaire turc-français, Constantinople: Mihran, page 517
- Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1687) “Dulciarium”, in Complementum thesauri linguarum orientalium, seu onomasticum latino-turcico-arabico-persicum, simul idem index verborum lexici turcico-arabico-persici, quod latinâ, germanicâ, aliarumque linguarum adjectâ nomenclatione nuper in lucem editum, Vienna, column 436
- Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1680) “حلوا”, in Thesaurus linguarum orientalium, Turcicae, Arabicae, Persicae, praecipuas earum opes à Turcis peculiariter usurpatas continens, nimirum Lexicon Turkico-Arabico-Persicum, Vienna, column 1800
- Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “helva”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
- Redhouse, James W. (1890) “حلوا”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 802
Persian
Pronunciation
- (Classical Persian) IPA(key): [hal.wɑː]
- (Dari, formal) IPA(key): [häl.wɑː]
- (Kabuli) IPA(key): [ʔäl.wɑː]
- (Hazaragi) IPA(key): [ʔäl.wɔː]
- (Iran, formal) IPA(key): [hæl.vɒː]
- (Tajik, formal) IPA(key): [häl.vɔ]
| Readings | |
|---|---|
| Classical reading? | halwā |
| Dari reading? | halwā |
| Iranian reading? | halvâ |
| Tajik reading? | halvo |
Descendants
- → Assamese: হালুৱা (halua)
- → Bengali: হালুয়া (haluẏa)
- → Hindustani:
- → Burmese: ဟလဝါ (ha.la.wa)
- → Marathi: हलवा (halvā)
- → Ottoman Turkish: حلوا (halva, helva)
- → Punjabi:
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