حلواخانه
Ottoman Turkish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]A compound of حلوا (helva, “halva, a traditional Middle Eastern confection”) + خانه (hâne, “place”).
Noun
[edit]حلواخانه • (helvahane)
Descendants
[edit]- Turkish: helvahane
Proper noun
[edit]حلواخانه • (helvahane)
- Ottoman royal confectionery, a section of the Ottoman royal kitchen where halva and various confectionery were made
Further reading
[edit]- Ayverdi, İlhan (2010) “helvahane”, in Misalli Büyük Türkçe Sözlük, a reviewed and expanded single-volume edition, Istanbul: Kubbealtı Neşriyatı
- Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “helvahane”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 1929
- Kélékian, Diran (1911) “حلواخانه”, in Dictionnaire turc-français[1], Constantinople: Mihran, page 517
- Redhouse, James W. (1890) “حلواخانه”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon[2], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 802