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Definition of halva in English: halva(also halvah) nounˈhalvɑːˈhalvə mass nounA Middle Eastern sweet made of sesame flour and honey. 哈尔瓦（中东地区一种由芝麻粉和蜜糖制成的甜食） Example sentencesExamples - The big draw for me, though, is the cooler along the south wall, which is jammed with Greek olives, cheese, anchovies, halvah and other specialties, including hummus, tarama and Balkan-style yogurt.
- A favorite Palestinian candy is halvah, a sweet nougat made of sesame seeds and honey.
- For dessert, there were several traditional Iranian sweets, such as sholehzard (rice and saffron pudding) and halva.
- Finally, ‘sweetmeats’ like halva and burfi can often round off a festive meal.
- The results run from simple brittle and toffee type sweets through halva, barfi, and sandesh, to the family of confections based on rasgullas.
OriginYiddish, or from Turkish helva, from Arabic and Persian ḥalwā 'sweetmeat'. |