χαλβάς
Greek
editEtymology
editBorrowed from Ottoman Turkish حلوا (halva, helva), from Persian حلوا (halvâ), from Arabic حَلْوَى (ḥalwā).
Pronunciation
editNoun
editχαλβάς • (chalvás) m (plural χαλβάδες)
- halva, confection usually made from crushed sesame seeds and honey
- (figuratively, of a person) sluggish, slothful, languid
- Synonyms: λαπάς (lapás), νερόβραστος (neróvrastos)
Declension
editDeclension of χαλβάς
Further reading
edit- χαλβάς on the Greek Wikipedia.Wikipedia el
- “χαλβάς”, in Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής [Dictionary of Standard Modern Greek], Triantafyllidis Foundation, 1998