HALWA

Meaning of HALWA in English

/ ˈhælwɑː; NAmE / noun

[ U ] a sweet food from S Asia, made from semolina or carrots, with almonds and cardamom

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WORD ORIGIN

from Arabic , literally sweetmeat .

Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary. Оксфордский английский словарь для изучающик язык на продвинутом уровне. 2005

HALWA — [ 'halwα: ] (also ~h ) ■ noun a sweet Indian dish with carrots or semolina, almonds, and cardamom. Origin …
Concise Oxford English vocab
HALVAH — or halva noun Etymology: Yiddish halva, from Romanian, from Turkish helva, from Arabic ḥalwā sweetmeat Date: 1846 a flaky confection …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
HALVAH — /hahl vah", hahl"vah/ , n. a sweet, candylike confection of Turkish origin, consisting chiefly of ground sesame seeds and honey. …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
HALVA — [ 'halvα: , -və ] (also ~h ) ■ noun a Middle Eastern sweet made of sesame flour and honey. …
Concise Oxford English vocab
HALVAH — [hal.vah] or hal.va n [Yiddish halva, fr. Rom, fr. Turk helva, fr. Ar halwa sweetmeat] (1846): a flaky confection of …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
'AMILI, BAHA' AD-DIN MUHAMMAD IBN HUSAYN, AL- — born March 20, 1546, Baalbek, Syria died Aug. 20, 1622, Iran also called Shaykh Baha'i theologian, mathematician, jurist, and astronomer …
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HALVA — n. (also halvah) a sweet confection of sesame flour and honey. [Yiddish f. Turk. helva f. Arab. halwa]
Английский основной разговорный словарь
HALVA — n. (also halvah) a sweet confection of sesame flour and honey. [ Yiddish f. Turk. helva f. Arab. halwa ]
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
HALVA — n. (also halvah) a sweet confection of sesame flour and honey. Etymology: Yiddish f. Turk. helva f. Arab. halwa
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