حلوى

Arabic

Etymology 1

Root
ح ل و (ḥ-l-w)

Noun

حَلْوَى • (ḥalwā) f (dual حَلْوَيَانِ (ḥalwayāni), plural حَلَاوَى (ḥalāwā) or حَلْوَيَات (ḥalwayāt))

candy, confection, sweet pastry
dessert

Declension

Declension of noun حَلْوَى (ḥalwā)

Singular	singular invariable
Singular	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	حَلْوَى ḥalwā	الْحَلْوَى al-ḥalwā	حَلْوَى ḥalwā
Nominative	حَلْوَى ḥalwā	الْحَلْوَى al-ḥalwā	حَلْوَى ḥalwā
Accusative	حَلْوَى ḥalwā	الْحَلْوَى al-ḥalwā	حَلْوَى ḥalwā
Genitive	حَلْوَى ḥalwā	الْحَلْوَى al-ḥalwā	حَلْوَى ḥalwā
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	حَلْوَيَيْن ḥalwayayn	الْحَلْوَيَيْن al-ḥalwayayn	حَلْوَيَيْ ḥalwayay
Nominative	حَلْوَيَانِ ḥalwayāni	الْحَلْوَيَانِ al-ḥalwayāni	حَلْوَيَا ḥalwayā
Accusative	حَلْوَيَيْنِ ḥalwayayni	الْحَلْوَيَيْنِ al-ḥalwayayni	حَلْوَيَيْ ḥalwayay
Genitive	حَلْوَيَيْنِ ḥalwayayni	الْحَلْوَيَيْنِ al-ḥalwayayni	حَلْوَيَيْ ḥalwayay
Plural	broken plural invariable‎; sound feminine plural
Plural	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	حَلَاوَى‎; حَلْوَيَات ḥalāwā‎; ḥalwayāt	الْحَلَاوَى‎; الْحَلْوَيَات al-ḥalāwā‎; al-ḥalwayāt	حَلَاوَى‎; حَلْوَيَات ḥalāwā‎; ḥalwayāt
Nominative	حَلَاوَى‎; حَلْوَيَاتٌ ḥalāwā‎; ḥalwayātun	الْحَلَاوَى‎; الْحَلْوَيَاتُ al-ḥalāwā‎; al-ḥalwayātu	حَلَاوَى‎; حَلْوَيَاتُ ḥalāwā‎; ḥalwayātu
Accusative	حَلَاوَى‎; حَلْوَيَاتٍ ḥalāwā‎; ḥalwayātin	الْحَلَاوَى‎; الْحَلْوَيَاتِ al-ḥalāwā‎; al-ḥalwayāti	حَلَاوَى‎; حَلْوَيَاتِ ḥalāwā‎; ḥalwayāti
Genitive	حَلَاوَى‎; حَلْوَيَاتٍ ḥalāwā‎; ḥalwayātin	الْحَلَاوَى‎; الْحَلْوَيَاتِ al-ḥalāwā‎; al-ḥalwayāti	حَلَاوَى‎; حَلْوَيَاتِ ḥalāwā‎; ḥalwayāti

Descendants

Gulf Arabic: حلوى (ḥalwa)
Moroccan Arabic: حلوى (ḥalwa)
- Ladino: alḥalua, alḥalwinada (Haketia)
→ Hausa: àlāwā̀
→ Malay: halwa
- Malaccan Creole Malay: alua
- Indonesian: halwa
→ Persian: حلوا (halvâ)
- → Assamese: হালুৱা (halua)
- → Bengali: হালুয়া (haluẏa)
- → Hindustani:
  Hindi: हलवा (halvā)
  Urdu: حلوہ (halvā)
  - → Burmese: ဟလဝါ (ha.la.wa)
- → Marathi: हलवा (halvā)
- → Ottoman Turkish: حلوا (halva, helva)
  - > Turkish: helva (inherited)
  - → Albanian: hallvë
  - → Bulgarian: халва́ (halvá)
  - → Crimean Tatar: elva
  - → Greek: χαλβάς (chalvás)
  - → Ladino: halvá
  - → Macedonian: алва (alva)
  - → Romanian: halva
    - → Hebrew: חלווה (khalvá)
      - → Yiddish: כאַלווע (khalve)
      - → Dutch: halva
      - → English: halva
  - → Russian: халва́ (xalvá)
  - → Serbo-Croatian:
    - Latin script: halva
    - Cyrillic script: халва
- → Punjabi:
  Gurmukhi script: ਹਲਵਾ (halvā)
  Shahmukhi script: حلوا (halvā)
→ Tausug: halluwa
→ Uyghur: ھالۋا (halwa)
→ Uzbek: halvo, holva

Adjective

حُلْوَى • (ḥulwā) f

feminine singular of أَحْلَى (ʔaḥlā)

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