Definitions For Halva

Noun

HALVA. (countable and uncountable, plural HALVAs) A confection usually made from crushed sesame seeds and honey. It is a traditional dessert in south asia, the mediterranean and the middle east.

Translations

Albanian: hallvë, f Armenian: հալվա Assamese: হালুৱা Azerbaijani: halva Bashkir: хәлүә Belarusian: халва́, f Bengali: হালুয়া Bulgarian: халва́, f Burmese: ဟလဝါ, sc=Mymr Chinese: : Dungan: халўва : Mandarin: 哈爾瓦, sc=Hani}}, {{t, cmn, 哈尔瓦 (hā'ěrwǎ, sc=Hani) Crimean Tatar: elva Czech: chalva, f Dutch: halva, m Finnish: halva French: halva, m Georgian: ჰალვა German: Halva, m, Halwa, n Greek: χαλβάς, m Hausa: alawa, f, alt=àlāwā̀ Hebrew: חלווה, f, tr=khalvá, alt=חַלְוָה Hindi: हलवा, m Hungarian: halva Ido: halva Italian: halva, m Japanese: ハルバ (haruba) Kazakh: халуа, sc=Cyrl, қалуа, sc=Cyrl, алуа, sc=Cyrl Korean: 할바 Kumyk: гьалива (haliva) Kyrgyz: халва, sc=Cyrl Macedonian: алва, f Malay: halwa Maltese: ħelwa tat-Tork Marathi: हलवा, sc=Deva Ottoman Turkish: حلوا (helva) Pashto: حلوا, f, tr=halwã Persian: حلوا, tr=halvâ, sc=fa-Arab Polish: chałwa, f Portuguese: halvah, f Romanian: halva, f Russian: халва́, f Serbo-Croatian: : Cyrillic: халва, f, sc=Cyrl, алва, f, sc=Cyrl, тахан халва, f, sc=Cyrl : Roman: halva, f, alva, f, tahan halva, f Slovak: chalva, f Slovene: halva, f Spanish: halva, m Swedish: halva, c, helva, c Tajik: ҳалво Tatar: хәлвә Turkish: helva, tahin helvası Turkmen: halwa Ukrainian: халва́, f Urdu: حلوہ, m (halvā) Uyghur: ھالۋا Uzbek: holva Vietnamese: bánh hanva, bánh mật Yiddish: כאַלווע, f

Alternative forms

halvah, halwa, halwah, halava, halawa

Etymology

From {{der, en, he, חלווה, tr=khalvá}}, from {{der, en, ro, halva}}, from {{der, en, ota, حلوا, tr=helva}}, from {{der, en, fa, حلوا, tr=halvâ}}, from {{der, en, ar, حَلْوَى}}. Dictionary.com. Dictionary.com Unabridged (v 1.1). Random House, Inc. 2009.