halvah

hal·vah

noun \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\

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