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Bulgarian
Etymology
Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish حلوا (halva, helva), from Arabic حَلْوَى (ḥalwā).
Pronunciation
Noun
халва́ • (halvá) f
- halva
Declension
Declension of халва́
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singular
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халва́
halvá
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халва́та
halváta
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Russian
Etymology
Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish حلوا (halva, helva), from Arabic حَلْوَى (ḥalwā).
Pronunciation
Noun
халва́ • (xalvá) f inan (genitive халвы́, nominative plural халвы́, genitive plural халв)
- halva
Declension
References
- Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “халва”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
- Chernykh, P. Ja. (1993) “халва”, in Историко-этимологический словарь русского языка [Historical-Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), 3rd edition, volume 2 (панцирь – ящур), Moscow: Russian Lang., →ISBN, page 330
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Serbo-Croatian
Etymology
Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish حلوا (halva, helva), from Arabic حَلْوَى (ḥalwā).
Noun
халва f (Latin spelling halva)
- halva
Declension
Synonyms