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halvah
noun hal·vah \häl-ˈvä; ˈhäl-(ˌ)vä, -və\
Definition of HALVAH
: a flaky confection of crushed sesame seeds in a base of syrup (as of honey)
Variants of HALVAH
hal·vah or hal·va \häl-ˈvä; ˈhäl-(ˌ)vä, -və\
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Origin of HALVAH
Yiddish halva, from Romanian, from Turkish helva, from Arabic ḥalwā sweetmeat
First Known Use: 1846
Rhymes with HALVAH
aba, Accra, aha, Allah, amah, Armagh, Artois, ayah, Bekaa, bourgeois, brava, chamois, Chechnya, Chita, chutzpah, compas, Degas, dolma, Dubois, Dunois, éclat, fa la, faux pas, fellah, Fermat, feta, foie gras, gaga, galah, Galois, goombah, grandma, grandpa, ha-ha, Hama, hoo-ha, hoopla, Hsia, hurrah, huzzah, Konya, Makah, Marat, markka, Maurois, mirepoix, mudra, Oita, oompah, opah, Oujda, quinoa, paisa, pasha, patois, pooh-bah, prutah, pya, Sanaa, sangfroid, selah, Seurat, Shema, Shoah, sol-fa, supra, Syrah, ta-ta, tola, Tonghua, Ufa, Utah, Vaudois, viva, voilà, wah-wah, whoopla
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