halvah

hal·vah

or hal·va (häl-vä′, häl′vä)

A crumbly confection of ground sesame seeds mixed with sugar syrup or honey and often other flavorings and pressed into a solid mass.

[Ultimately (partly via Turkish helva) from Arabic ḥalwā, from ḥaluwa, to be sweet; see x̣lw in Semitic roots.]

American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright © 2016 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

halvah

(ˈhælvɑː) or

halva

;

halavah

(ˈhæləvɑː)

(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]

Collins English Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014

hal•vah

(hɑlˈvɑ, ˈhɑl vɑ)

n.

a confection of Turkish origin, made chiefly of ground sesame seeds and honey.

[1840–50; < Yiddish halva < Romanian < Turkish helva < Arabic ḥalwā sweet confection]

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According to another source "The Armenians even insist that the word itself-baklava-reveals its Armenian origins as the word appears to be related to the Armenian word for bakh (Lent) and halvah (sweet)." The name baklava is used in many languages with minor phonetic and spelling variations.

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Do not leave the cafe without trying the halvah ice cream, which turns the dense Middle Eastern sesame candy into a creamy, delectable frozen treat, with salted caramel accentuating the dessert's sweet-and-salty flavors.