हल्वा

Marathi

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic حَلْوَى (ḥalwā). Cognate with Assamese হালোৱা (halüa), Bengali হালুয়া (haluẏa), Hindi हलवा (halvā), Punjabi ਹਲਵਾ (halvā), Gujarati હલવો (halvo).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɦəl.ʋa/

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Noun

हल्वा • (halvā) m

1. halva

References

• Berntsen, Maxine, “हल्वा”, in A Basic Marathi-English Dictionary, New Delhi: American Institute of Indian Studies, 1982-1983.
• Molesworth, James Thomas (1857) “हल्वा”, in A dictionary, Marathi and English, Bombay: Printed for government at the Bombay Education Society's Press