"حلوا" meaning in Persian

See حلوا in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: [hal.wɑː] [Classical-Persian], [häl.wɑː] [Dari, formal], [häl.wɑː] [Dari, formal], [ʔäl.wɑː] [Kabuli], [ʔäl.wɔː] (note: Hazaragi), [hæl.vɒː] [Iran, formal], [häl.vɔ] [Tajik, formal] Forms: halvâ [romanization]
Etymology: Borrowed from Arabic حَلْوَى (ḥalwā). Etymology templates: {{bor+|fa|ar|حَلْوَى}} Borrowed from Arabic حَلْوَى (ḥalwā), {{root|fa|ar|ح ل و}} Head templates: {{head|fa|noun|||||||f1tr=|f2tr=|f3tr=|head=|head2=|head3=|tr=halvâ|tr2=|tr3=}} حلوا • (halvâ), {{fa-noun|tr=halvâ}} حلوا • (halvâ)
  1. sweetmeat
    Sense id: en-حلوا-fa-noun-zJdYw1kd Categories (other): Pages with 4 entries, Pages with entries, Persian entries with incorrect language header, Sweets
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  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "as",
            "2": "হালুৱা",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Assamese: হালুৱা (halua)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Assamese: হালুৱা (halua)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "bn",
            "2": "হালুয়া",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Bengali: হালুয়া (haluẏa)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Bengali: হালুয়া (haluẏa)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "inc-hnd",
            "2": "-",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Hindustani:",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Hindustani:"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "hi",
            "2": "हलवा"
          },
          "expansion": "Hindi: हलवा (halvā)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Hindi: हलवा (halvā)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ur",
            "2": "حلوہ",
            "tr": "halvā"
          },
          "expansion": "Urdu: حلوہ (halvā)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Urdu: حلوہ (halvā)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "mr",
            "2": "हलवा",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Marathi: हलवा (halvā)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Marathi: हलवा (halvā)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ota",
            "2": "حلوا",
            "bor": "1",
            "tr": "halva, helva"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Ottoman Turkish: حلوا (halva, helva)\n> Turkish: helva (inherited)\n→ Albanian: hallvë\n→ Bulgarian: халва́ (halvá)\n→ Crimean Tatar: elva\n→ Greek: χαλβάς (chalvás)\n→ Hebrew: חלווה (khálva)\n→ Yiddish: כאַלווע (khalve)\n→ Dutch: halva\n→ English: halva\n→ Ladino: halvá\n→ Macedonian: алва (alva)\n→ Romanian: halva\n→ Russian: халва́ (xalvá)\n→ Serbo-Croatian:\nLatin script: halva\nCyrillic script: халва",
          "name": "desctree"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Ottoman Turkish: حلوا (halva, helva)\n> Turkish: helva (inherited)\n→ Albanian: hallvë\n→ Bulgarian: халва́ (halvá)\n→ Crimean Tatar: elva\n→ Greek: χαλβάς (chalvás)\n→ Hebrew: חלווה (khálva)\n→ Yiddish: כאַלווע (khalve)\n→ Dutch: halva\n→ English: halva\n→ Ladino: halvá\n→ Macedonian: алва (alva)\n→ Romanian: halva\n→ Russian: халва́ (xalvá)\n→ Serbo-Croatian:\nLatin script: halva\nCyrillic script: халва"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "pa",
            "2": "-",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Punjabi:",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Punjabi:"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "pa",
            "2": "ਹਲਵਾ",
            "sclb": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "Gurmukhi script: ਹਲਵਾ (halvā)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Gurmukhi script: ਹਲਵਾ (halvā)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "pa",
            "2": "حلوا",
            "sclb": "1",
            "tr": "halvā"
          },
          "expansion": "Shahmukhi script: حلوا (halvā)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Shahmukhi script: حلوا (halvā)"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fa",
        "2": "ar",
        "3": "حَلْوَى"
      },
      "expansion": "Borrowed from Arabic حَلْوَى (ḥalwā)",
      "name": "bor+"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fa",
        "2": "ar",
        "3": "ح ل و"
      },
      "expansion": "",
      "name": "root"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Borrowed from Arabic حَلْوَى (ḥalwā).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "halvâ",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fa",
        "2": "noun",
        "3": "",
        "4": "",
        "5": "",
        "6": "",
        "7": "",
        "8": "",
        "f1tr": "",
        "f2tr": "",
        "f3tr": "",
        "head": "",
        "head2": "",
        "head3": "",
        "tr": "halvâ",
        "tr2": "",
        "tr3": ""
      },
      "expansion": "حلوا • (halvâ)",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "tr": "halvâ"
      },
      "expansion": "حلوا • (halvâ)",
      "name": "fa-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Persian",
  "lang_code": "fa",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 4 entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Persian entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "fa",
          "name": "Sweets",
          "orig": "fa:Sweets",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "sweetmeat"
      ],
      "id": "en-حلوا-fa-noun-zJdYw1kd",
      "links": [
        [
          "sweetmeat",
          "sweetmeat"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "[hal.wɑː]",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Persian"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[häl.wɑː]",
      "tags": [
        "Dari",
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[häl.wɑː]",
      "tags": [
        "Dari",
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ʔäl.wɑː]",
      "tags": [
        "Kabuli"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ʔäl.wɔː]",
      "note": "Hazaragi"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[hæl.vɒː]",
      "tags": [
        "Iran",
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[häl.vɔ]",
      "tags": [
        "Tajik",
        "formal"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "حلوا"
}
{
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "as",
            "2": "হালুৱা",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Assamese: হালুৱা (halua)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Assamese: হালুৱা (halua)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "bn",
            "2": "হালুয়া",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Bengali: হালুয়া (haluẏa)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Bengali: হালুয়া (haluẏa)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "inc-hnd",
            "2": "-",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Hindustani:",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Hindustani:"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "hi",
            "2": "हलवा"
          },
          "expansion": "Hindi: हलवा (halvā)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Hindi: हलवा (halvā)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ur",
            "2": "حلوہ",
            "tr": "halvā"
          },
          "expansion": "Urdu: حلوہ (halvā)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Urdu: حلوہ (halvā)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "mr",
            "2": "हलवा",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Marathi: हलवा (halvā)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Marathi: हलवा (halvā)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ota",
            "2": "حلوا",
            "bor": "1",
            "tr": "halva, helva"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Ottoman Turkish: حلوا (halva, helva)\n> Turkish: helva (inherited)\n→ Albanian: hallvë\n→ Bulgarian: халва́ (halvá)\n→ Crimean Tatar: elva\n→ Greek: χαλβάς (chalvás)\n→ Hebrew: חלווה (khálva)\n→ Yiddish: כאַלווע (khalve)\n→ Dutch: halva\n→ English: halva\n→ Ladino: halvá\n→ Macedonian: алва (alva)\n→ Romanian: halva\n→ Russian: халва́ (xalvá)\n→ Serbo-Croatian:\nLatin script: halva\nCyrillic script: халва",
          "name": "desctree"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Ottoman Turkish: حلوا (halva, helva)\n> Turkish: helva (inherited)\n→ Albanian: hallvë\n→ Bulgarian: халва́ (halvá)\n→ Crimean Tatar: elva\n→ Greek: χαλβάς (chalvás)\n→ Hebrew: חלווה (khálva)\n→ Yiddish: כאַלווע (khalve)\n→ Dutch: halva\n→ English: halva\n→ Ladino: halvá\n→ Macedonian: алва (alva)\n→ Romanian: halva\n→ Russian: халва́ (xalvá)\n→ Serbo-Croatian:\nLatin script: halva\nCyrillic script: халва"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "pa",
            "2": "-",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Punjabi:",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Punjabi:"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "pa",
            "2": "ਹਲਵਾ",
            "sclb": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "Gurmukhi script: ਹਲਵਾ (halvā)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Gurmukhi script: ਹਲਵਾ (halvā)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "pa",
            "2": "حلوا",
            "sclb": "1",
            "tr": "halvā"
          },
          "expansion": "Shahmukhi script: حلوا (halvā)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Shahmukhi script: حلوا (halvā)"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fa",
        "2": "ar",
        "3": "حَلْوَى"
      },
      "expansion": "Borrowed from Arabic حَلْوَى (ḥalwā)",
      "name": "bor+"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fa",
        "2": "ar",
        "3": "ح ل و"
      },
      "expansion": "",
      "name": "root"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Borrowed from Arabic حَلْوَى (ḥalwā).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "halvâ",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fa",
        "2": "noun",
        "3": "",
        "4": "",
        "5": "",
        "6": "",
        "7": "",
        "8": "",
        "f1tr": "",
        "f2tr": "",
        "f3tr": "",
        "head": "",
        "head2": "",
        "head3": "",
        "tr": "halvâ",
        "tr2": "",
        "tr3": ""
      },
      "expansion": "حلوا • (halvâ)",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "tr": "halvâ"
      },
      "expansion": "حلوا • (halvâ)",
      "name": "fa-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Persian",
  "lang_code": "fa",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Pages with 4 entries",
        "Pages with entries",
        "Persian entries with incorrect language header",
        "Persian lemmas",
        "Persian nouns",
        "Persian terms borrowed from Arabic",
        "Persian terms derived from Arabic",
        "Persian terms derived from the Arabic root ح ل و",
        "Persian terms with IPA pronunciation",
        "fa:Sweets"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "sweetmeat"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "sweetmeat",
          "sweetmeat"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "[hal.wɑː]",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Persian"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[häl.wɑː]",
      "tags": [
        "Dari",
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[häl.wɑː]",
      "tags": [
        "Dari",
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ʔäl.wɑː]",
      "tags": [
        "Kabuli"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ʔäl.wɔː]",
      "note": "Hazaragi"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[hæl.vɒː]",
      "tags": [
        "Iran",
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[häl.vɔ]",
      "tags": [
        "Tajik",
        "formal"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "حلوا"
}

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