helva
Appearance
Latin
[edit]Adjective
[edit]helva
- inflection of helvus:
Adjective
[edit]helvā
Turkish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Ottoman Turkish حلوا, from Arabic حَلْوَى (ḥalwā) or حَلْوَاء (ḥalwāʔ).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]helva (definite accusative helvayı, plural helvalar)
Declension
[edit]Derived terms
[edit]See also
[edit]References
[edit]- Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “helva”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
- Redhouse, James W. (1890) “حلوا”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon[1], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 802