Definitions
Wiktionary
- n. A confection usually made from crushed sesame seeds and honey. It is a traditional dessert in India, the Mediterranean, the Balkans, and the Middle East.
Etymologies
- From Hebrew חלבה (halvá), from Romanian, from Turkish helva, from Arabic حلوى (ḥalwā). (Wiktionary)
Examples
“Here’s an alternative from a Tel Aviv cupcake shop: “Along with chocolate and vanilla, Ms. Stein offers local flavors such as halva, chocolate citrus, and Pink Velvet, which is red velvet with pomegranate juice instead of food coloring.””
“When you had spent your life struggling up the horrible greasy pole of Kremlin politics, so that you could enjoy caviar, fillet steak and chocolate halva, the notion that everyone might share your good fortune would be intolerable.”
The Guardian: Simon Hoggart's week: Keeping the good life in the family
“Mark suggested buying a box of chocolate covered halva – ordinary Russians would kill for such a treat, he said.”
The Guardian: Simon Hoggart's week: Keeping the good life in the family
“Things that she asked for, village food, curry with marrow bones and carrot halva.”
Excerpt: In Other Rooms, Other Wonders by Daniyal Mueenuddin
“Serves 610 clementines150g pistachio halva 1 pomegranate, seeded1 tbsp orange blossom water or orange juice2 tbsp runny honeyThis is a pretty pudding, so choose a plate that will contrast with the glistening orange clementines, the ruby jewels of pomegranate and the pistachio-speckled halva.”
“Cut the halva into 2cm x 1cm rhomboids or diamonds, or just crumble it over the clementines.”
“While the white sesame sweet halva has long been sold in gourmet stores, black sesame is at last showing up in store-bought confections.”
“For dessert they had a simple wheat-flour halva, cooked in ghee and sugar syrup, clad in raisins and fried cashews.”
“-- According to the Turkish "Dogan Haber Agency," Ali Ihsan Ozturk, President of the Teachers 'Association of Kayseri, and his colleagues, distributed halva (sweets) to passers-by in the main square of the large Turkish town, "for the soul of Hitler.”
Harut Sassounian: Israel vs. Turkey: Escalating Tensions Between Two Strategic Allies
“It is to be seen whether Israel's leaders will swallow this bitter halva or retaliate with a protest note of their own!”
Harut Sassounian: Israel vs. Turkey: Escalating Tensions Between Two Strategic Allies
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘halva’.
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WWF WTF?
Ever play "Words With Friends" with someone and they throw down some strange, unlikely group of letters that makes even the most mild and squeaky clean tongued person say "whiskey tango foxtrot"? ...
oorie, sangar, merl, cwm, doum, weir, jura, invar, lawine, tapa, waw, shog and 376 more...
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confectionary
lollies sweets
caramel gets 48 hits
chocolate gets 112 hits
nonpareil 83 hitsconfectionary, chocolate, chew, alcorza, taffy, lolly, sweets, blackball, bonbon, brickle, bubblegum, cachou and 137 more...
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Halva
"Halva (or halawa, xalwo, haleweh, ħelwa, halvah, halava, helava, helva, halwa, halua, aluva, chalva, chałwa, "حلاوة") refers to many types of dense, sweet confections, served across the Middle Eas...
halva, halawa, xalwo, haleweh, ħelwa, halvah, halava, helava, helva, halwa, halua, aluva and 21 more...
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Things people will tell you might be ...
Those sweet, salty, nutty, vegetably, yummy and/or hork-worthy spreadables or munchables that folks will convince you to try.
Marmite, Vegemite, vegemite, marmite, Bovril, bovril, nutella, Nutella, Cheez Whiz, cheez whiz, almond butter, cashew butter and 39 more...
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Word List of 2011
bewilder, dovie, biofouling, bummeler, halva, fazart, adderall, nebelwerfer, eelist
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