halva
The origin and history of halva.
Etymology
Halva entered English from Yiddish khálva, which was borrowed from Romanian halva. That word traces back through Ottoman Turkish and Persian to Arabic ḥalwā, meaning a sweet.
The origin and history of halva.
Halva entered English from Yiddish khálva, which was borrowed from Romanian halva. That word traces back through Ottoman Turkish and Persian to Arabic ḥalwā, meaning a sweet.
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