χαλβάς

Greek

Etymology

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish حلوا (halva, helva), from Persian حلوا (halvâ), from Arabic حَلْوَى (ḥalwā).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /xalˈvas/
• Hyphenation: χαλ‧βάς

Noun

χαλβάς • (chalvás) m (plural χαλβάδες)

1. halva, confection usually made from crushed sesame seeds and honey
2. (figuratively, of a person) sluggish, slothful, languid

   Synonyms: λαπάς (lapás), νερόβραστος (neróvrastos)

Declension

Declension of χαλβάς

	singular	plural
nominative	χαλβάς •	χαλβάδες •
genitive	χαλβά •	χαλβάδων •
accusative	χαλβά •	χαλβάδες •
vocative	χαλβά •	χαλβάδες •

Further reading

• χαλβάς on the Greek Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^el
• χαλβάς, in Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής [Dictionary of Standard Modern Greek], Triantafyllidis Foundation, 1998 at the Centre for the Greek language