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Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish حلواجی (helvacı, “confectioner”),[1] equivalent to halvá (“halva, confection”) + -djí.
halvadjí m (Latin spelling)
- vendor of sweets
1999, Matilda Koén-Sarano, לז׳נדאס[1], נור, page 207:Kuando boltó el halvadjí i avrió la kasha para pagar parás, no topó mas nada adientro.- When the candyman turned around and opened the cash register to pay in Ottoman coins, there was no longer anything inside.
