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)


WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2026
hal•vah /hɑlˈvɑ, ˈhɑlvɑ/USA pronunciation   n. [uncountable]
  1. Fooda sweet food of Turkish origin, made chiefly of ground sesame seeds and honey.

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026
hal•vah  (häl vä′, häl′vä),USA pronunciation n. 
  1. 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
  1. 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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