hal·vah or hal·va (häl-vä , hälvä)n. A confection consisting of crushed sesame seeds in a binder of honey. [Turkish helva, from Arabic  alw , from aluwa, to be sweet; see lw in Semitic roots.] |
halvah, halva [ˈhælvɑː], halavah [ˈhæləvɑː]
n
(Cookery) an Eastern Mediterranean, Middle Eastern, or Indian sweetmeat made of honey and containing sesame seeds, nuts, rose water, saffron, etc.
[from Yiddish halva, from Romanian, from Turkish helve, from Arabic halwā sweetmeat]
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