Eastern Syriac :ܚܵܠܵܒ݂ܹܐ
Western Syriac :ܚܳܠܳܒ݂ܶܐ
Root :ܚܠܒ
Eastern phonetic :ḥa: ' la: wé
Category :noun
[Feeding → Food]
English :a sweet-meat made of treacle, butter and flour : halva ;
French :un article de confiserie fait de beurre, farine et de mélasse : le halva ;
Dialect :Common Aramaic
Hebrew :חלווה
Turkish :Helva

Cf. ܚܠܒ, ܚܲܠܒ݂ܵܐ

See also : ܗܲܠܘܵܐ, ܚܵܠܵܘܵܟ̰ܝܼ

Source : Maclean

Origin : Akkadian