Definitions For Halloumi

Noun

HALLOUMI (plural - or s) A traditional cheese from cyprus, made from goat's and/or sheep's milk.

Translations

French: halloumi, m German: Halloumi, m Greek: χαλούμι, n Japanese: ハルーミ (harūmi) Portuguese: halloumi, m Russian: халлу́ми, m Spanish: halloumi, m Turkish: hellim

Etymology

Borrowed from {{bor, en, el, χαλλούμι}}, borrowed from {{der, en, arz, حلوم, tr=ḥālūm}}, borrowed from {{der, en, cop, ϩⲁⲗⲱⲙ, , cheese}} (sahidic), ⲁⲗⲱⲙ, , cheese (bohairic), itself in turn probably a borrowing from {{der, en, sem}}, though in manuscripts and ostraca from 2nd century Roman Egypt, Demotic {{der, en, egy, ḥlm}} is also attested with the meaning "cheese".{{w, Oxford Companion to Food}}{{R:cop:Černý}}{{R:cop:Vycichl}}Johnson, Janet. p. 246.