halva
English[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Hebrew חלווה (khalvá), from Romanian halva, from Ottoman Turkish حلوا (helva), from Persian حلوا (halvâ), from Arabic حَلْوَى (ḥalwā).[1]
Pronunciation[edit]
- (General American) IPA(key): /hɑːlˈvɑː/, /ˈhɑːlvɑː/
Noun[edit]
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.
- 2016 January 26, Eyal Press, “When ‘Made In Israel’ Is a Human Rights Abuse”, in The New York Times[1]:
- Just before Christmas, Ron Dermer, Israel’s ambassador to the United States, sent the White House a box of holiday gifts with a pointed political message. Inside were items (body lotion, halvah, olive oil) produced in Jewish settlements in the West Bank.
Derived terms[edit]
Translations[edit]
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References[edit]
Further reading[edit]
Azerbaijani[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Noun[edit]
halva (definite accusative halvanı, plural halvalar)
- halva
Declension[edit]
Declension of halva | ||||||||
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singular | plural | |||||||
nominative | halva |
halvalar | ||||||
definite accusative | halvanı |
halvaları | ||||||
dative | halvaya |
halvalara | ||||||
locative | halvada |
halvalarda | ||||||
ablative | halvadan |
halvalardan | ||||||
definite genitive | halvanın |
halvaların |
Further reading[edit]
- “halva” in Obastan.com.
Dutch[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Hebrew חלבה (halvá), from Romanian halva, from Ottoman Turkish حلوا (helva), from Persian حلوا (halvâ), from Arabic حَلْوَى (ḥalwā).
Pronunciation[edit]
- Hyphenation: hal‧va
Noun[edit]
halva f or m (plural halva's, diminutive halvaatje n)
Estonian[edit]
Adjective[edit]
halva
Finnish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
halva
Declension[edit]
Inflection of halva (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation) | ||||
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nominative | halva | halvat | ||
genitive | halvan | halvojen | ||
partitive | halvaa | halvoja | ||
illative | halvaan | halvoihin | ||
singular | plural | |||
nominative | halva | halvat | ||
accusative | nom. | halva | halvat | |
gen. | halvan | |||
genitive | halvan | halvojen halvainrare | ||
partitive | halvaa | halvoja | ||
inessive | halvassa | halvoissa | ||
elative | halvasta | halvoista | ||
illative | halvaan | halvoihin | ||
adessive | halvalla | halvoilla | ||
ablative | halvalta | halvoilta | ||
allative | halvalle | halvoille | ||
essive | halvana | halvoina | ||
translative | halvaksi | halvoiksi | ||
abessive | halvatta | halvoitta | ||
instructive | — | halvoin | ||
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
Further reading[edit]
- “halva”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish][2] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-02
French[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
- (aspirated h) IPA(key): /al.va/
Noun[edit]
halva m (plural halvas)
Further reading[edit]
- “halva”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Hungarian[edit]
Etymology[edit]
hal (“to die”) + -va (adverbial-participle suffix)
Pronunciation[edit]
Participle[edit]
halva
- adverbial participle of hal (“to die”)
Adverb[edit]
halva
- dead
- élve vagy halva ― dead or alive
- halva született ― stillborn
Derived terms[edit]
Further reading[edit]
- (dead): halva in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (‘The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN
- (halva [a confection usually made from crushed sesame seeds and honey]): halva in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (‘The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN
Ingrian[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Proto-Finnic *halpa. Cognates include Finnish halpa (“cheap”) and Estonian halb (“bad”).
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Ala-Laukaa) IPA(key): /ˈhɑlʋɑ/, [ˈhɑɫʋ]
- (Soikkola) IPA(key): /ˈhɑlʋɑ/, [ˈhɑɫʋɑ]
- Rhymes: -ɑlʋ, -ɑlʋɑ
- Hyphenation: hal‧va
Adjective[edit]
halva (comparative halvemp)
Declension[edit]
Declension of halva (type 3/koira, no gradation) | ||
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singular | plural | |
nominative | halva | halvat |
genitive | halvan | halviin |
partitive | halvaa | halvia |
illative | halvaa | halvii |
inessive | halvaas | halviis |
elative | halvast | halvist |
allative | halvalle | halville |
adessive | halvaal | halviil |
ablative | halvalt | halvilt |
translative | halvaks | halviks |
essive | halvanna, halvaan | halvinna, halviin |
exessive1) | halvant | halvint |
1) obsolete *) the accusative corresponds with either the genitive (sg) or nominative (pl) **) the comitative is formed by adding the suffix -ka? or -kä? to the genitive. |
References[edit]
- Ruben E. Nirvi (1971) Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 43
Italian[edit]
Noun[edit]
halva f
Norwegian Bokmål[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Noun[edit]
halva m or f
Norwegian Nynorsk[edit]
Noun[edit]
halva f (definite singular halva, indefinite plural halver or halvor, definite plural halvene or halvone)
Romanian[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish حلوا (helva), from Arabic حَلْوَى (ḥalwā).
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
halva f (plural halvale)
Declension[edit]
singular | plural | |||
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indefinite articulation | definite articulation | indefinite articulation | definite articulation | |
nominative/accusative | (o) halva | halvaua | (niște) halvale | halvalele |
genitive/dative | (unei) halvale | halvalei | (unor) halvale | halvalelor |
vocative | halva | halvalelor |
Serbo-Croatian[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish حلوا (helva) (Turkish helva), from Arabic حَلْوَى (ḥalwā).
Noun[edit]
halva f (Cyrillic spelling халва)
- halva
- Synonym: tahan halva
Declension[edit]
Swedish[edit]
20 | ||
← 1 | 2 | 3 → |
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Cardinal: två Ordinal: andra Ordinal abbreviation: 2:a Multiplier: tvåfaldig Fractional: halva |
Noun[edit]
halva c
Noun[edit]
halva c
- a half
- Jag gav barnen varsin halva av äpplet.
- I gave the kids one half of the apple each.
- (colloquial) the second snaps drunk in a series
Declension[edit]
Declension of halva | ||||
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Singular | Plural | |||
Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
Nominative | halva | halvan | halvor | halvorna |
Genitive | halvas | halvans | halvors | halvornas |
Derived terms[edit]
Related terms[edit]
See also[edit]
References[edit]
- English terms derived from Hebrew
- English terms derived from Romanian
- English terms derived from Ottoman Turkish
- English terms derived from Persian
- English terms derived from Arabic
- English terms derived from the Arabic root ح ل و
- English 2-syllable words
- English terms with IPA pronunciation
- English lemmas
- English nouns
- English uncountable nouns
- English countable nouns
- English terms with quotations
- en:Desserts
- en:Sweets
- Azerbaijani terms borrowed from Arabic
- Azerbaijani terms derived from Arabic
- Azerbaijani lemmas
- Azerbaijani nouns
- az:Desserts
- Dutch terms derived from Hebrew
- Dutch terms derived from Romanian
- Dutch terms derived from Ottoman Turkish
- Dutch terms derived from Persian
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- Dutch lemmas
- Dutch nouns
- Dutch nouns with plural in -s
- Dutch feminine nouns
- Dutch masculine nouns
- Dutch nouns with multiple genders
- Estonian non-lemma forms
- Estonian adjective forms
- Finnish terms borrowed from Russian
- Finnish terms derived from Russian
- Finnish 2-syllable words
- Finnish terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Finnish/ɑlʋɑ
- Rhymes:Finnish/ɑlʋɑ/2 syllables
- Finnish lemmas
- Finnish nouns
- Finnish kala-type nominals
- French terms with aspirated h
- French 2-syllable words
- French terms with IPA pronunciation
- French lemmas
- French nouns
- French countable nouns
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- Hungarian terms with IPA pronunciation
- Hungarian terms with audio links
- Rhymes:Hungarian/vɒ
- Rhymes:Hungarian/vɒ/2 syllables
- Hungarian non-lemma forms
- Hungarian participles
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- Hungarian lemmas
- Hungarian adverbs
- Hungarian terms with usage examples
- Ingrian terms inherited from Proto-Finnic
- Ingrian terms derived from Proto-Finnic
- Ingrian terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Ingrian/ɑlʋ
- Rhymes:Ingrian/ɑlʋ/2 syllables
- Rhymes:Ingrian/ɑlʋɑ
- Rhymes:Ingrian/ɑlʋɑ/2 syllables
- Ingrian lemmas
- Ingrian adjectives
- Italian lemmas
- Italian nouns
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- Norwegian Bokmål non-lemma forms
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- Norwegian Nynorsk lemmas
- Norwegian Nynorsk nouns
- Norwegian Nynorsk feminine nouns
- Norwegian Nynorsk weak feminine nouns ending in -a
- Romanian terms borrowed from Ottoman Turkish
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- Romanian terms derived from Arabic
- Romanian terms with IPA pronunciation
- Romanian lemmas
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- ro:Desserts
- Serbo-Croatian terms borrowed from Ottoman Turkish
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- Serbo-Croatian lemmas
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- Serbo-Croatian feminine nouns
- sh:Desserts
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- Swedish nouns
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- Swedish terms with usage examples
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