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Yes. The word halva is a Scrabble US word. The word halva is worth 11 points in Scrabble:

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5-letter words (1 found)

HALVA,

4-letter words (2 found)

AVAL,LAVA,

3-letter words (7 found)

AAH,AAL,AHA,ALA,AVA,LAH,LAV,

2-letter words (5 found)

AA,AH,AL,HA,LA,

You can make 15 words from halva according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of halva

halva

English

Alternative forms

  • khalva, halava, halavah, halawa, halaweh, halvah, halwa, halwah, hulwa

Etymology

From Hebrew חלווה (khálva), from Romanian halva, from Ottoman Turkish حلوا (helva), from Persian حلوا (halvâ), from Arabic حَلْوَى (ḥalwā). Cognate with Halwai.

Pronunciation

  • (General American) IPA(key): /hɑːlˈvɑː/, /ˈhɑːlvɑː/, /ˈxɑːlvə/

Noun

halva (countable and uncountable, plural halvas)

  2. A confection usually made from crushed sesame seeds and honey. It is a traditional dessert in South Asia, the Mediterranean and the Middle East.

Derived terms

  • sohan halva

Related terms

  • Halwai

Translations

References

Further reading

  • halva on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Azerbaijani

Etymology

From Arabic حَلْوَى (ḥalwā).

Noun

halva (definite accusative halvanı, plural halvalar)

  1. halva

Declension

Further reading

  • “halva” in Obastan.com.

Dutch

Etymology

From Hebrew חלבה (halvá), from Romanian halva, from Ottoman Turkish حلوا (helva), from Persian حلوا (halvâ), from Arabic حَلْوَى (ḥalwā).

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: hal‧va

Noun

halva f or m (plural halva's, diminutive halvaatje n)

  1. halva

Estonian

Adjective

halva

  1. genitive singular of halb

Finnish

Etymology

From Russian халва (xalva).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈhɑlʋɑ/, [ˈhɑ̝lʋɑ̝]
  • Rhymes: -ɑlʋɑ
  • Syllabification(key): hal‧va
  • Hyphenation(key): hal‧va

Noun

halva

  1. halva

Declension

Further reading

  • “halva”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎[2] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-02

French

Pronunciation

  • (aspirated h) IPA(key): /al.va/

Noun

halva m (plural halvas)

  1. halva

Further reading

  • “halva”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Hungarian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈhɒlvɒ]
  • Hyphenation: hal‧va
  • Rhymes: -vɒ

Etymology 1

hal (“to die”) +‎ -va (adverbial-participle suffix)

Participle

halva

  1. adverbial participle of hal (“to die”)

Adverb

halva

  1. dead (as a complement: in the state of being dead)
    Synonym: holtan
    élve vagy halva ― dead or alive
    halva született ― stillborn
Derived terms

Etymology 2

Noun

halva (usually uncountable, plural halvák)

  1. halva (confection usually made from crushed sesame seeds and honey)
Declension
Derived terms

Further reading

  • (dead): halva in Géza Bárczi, László Országh, et al., editors, A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára [The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (ÉrtSz.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN.
  • (halva [a confection usually made from crushed sesame seeds and honey]): halva in Géza Bárczi, László Országh, et al., editors, A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára [The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (ÉrtSz.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN.

Ingrian

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *halpa. Cognates include Finnish halpa (“cheap”) and Estonian halb (“bad”).

Pronunciation

  • (Ala-Laukaa) IPA(key): /ˈhɑlʋɑ/, [ˈhɑɫʋ]
  • (Soikkola) IPA(key): /ˈhɑlʋɑ/, [ˈhɑɫʋɑ]
  • Rhymes: -ɑlʋ, -ɑlʋɑ
  • Hyphenation: hal‧va

Adjective

halva (comparative halvemp)

  1. cheap
  2. bad

Declension

References

  • Ruben E. Nirvi (1971) Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 43

Italian

Noun

halva f

  1. halva

Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

  • halven

Noun

halva m or f

  1. definite feminine singular of halve

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

halva f (definite singular halva, indefinite plural halver or halvor, definite plural halvene or halvone)

  1. (pre-2012) alternative form of halve
  2. definite singular of halve

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish حلوا (helva), from Arabic حَلْوَى (ḥalwā).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /halˈva/

Noun

halva f (plural halvale)

  1. halva

Declension

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish حلوا (helva) (Turkish helva), from Arabic حَلْوَى (ḥalwā).

Noun

halva f (Cyrillic spelling халва)

  1. halva
    Synonym: tahan halva

Declension

Swedish

Noun

halva c

  1. halva

Noun

halva c

  1. a half
  2. (colloquial) the second snaps drunk in a series

Declension

Derived terms

  • ägghalva

Related terms

  • halv
  • halvera

See also

  • hälft

References

  • halva in Svensk ordbok (SO)
  • halva in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)

Source: wiktionary.org