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halvah

UK:^*^*UK and possibly other pronunciationsUK and possibly other pronunciations/ˈhælvɑː/US:USA pronunciation: IPA and respellingUSA pronunciation: IPA/hɑlˈvɑ, ˈhɑlvɑ/ ,USA pronunciation: respelling(häl vä′, häl′vä)

hal•vah /hɑlˈvɑ, ˈhɑlvɑ/USA pronunciation n. [uncountable]

Fooda sweet food of Turkish origin, made chiefly of ground sesame seeds and honey.

hal•vah (häl vä′, häl′vä),USA pronunciation n.

Fooda sweet, candylike confection of Turkish origin, consisting chiefly of ground sesame seeds and honey.

Also, halavah, hal•va′.

Arabic ḥalwā sweet confection
Turkish helva
Rumanian
Yiddish halva
1840–50

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::

halvah, halva /ˈhælvɑː/halavah /ˈhæləvɑː/ n

an Eastern Mediterranean, Middle Eastern, or Indian sweetmeat made of honey and containing sesame seeds, nuts, rose-water, saffron, etc

Etymology: from Yiddish halva, from Romanian, from Turkish helve, from Arabic halwā sweetmeat

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