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حَلْوَى
sweets /ˈħalwaː/
nounA2#1052 most common
Also: candy, dessert, confection (halva)
Example sentences
أُحِبُّ الحَلْوَى.
I love sweets.
يَأكُلُ الأطفالُ الحَلْوَى بعد العَشاء.
The children eat sweets after dinner.
اشترَت أُمّي حَلْوَى لذيذة من السوق.
My mother bought delicious sweets from the market.
في العيد نُعِدُّ أنواعاً كثيرة من الحَلْوَى.
On the holiday we prepare many kinds of sweets.
يقول الطبيب إنَّ الإكثار من الحَلْوَى يَضُرُّ بالأسنان.
The doctor says that eating too many sweets harms the teeth.
لا تكتمل موائد رمضان عندنا دون أطباقٍ من الحَلْوَى التي توارثناها عن الأجداد.
In our home the Ramadan tables are not complete without dishes of sweets handed down from our ancestors.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | حَلْوَى | حَلَوِيَّاتٌ |
| Genitive | حَلْوَى | حَلَوِيَّاتٍ |
| Accusative | حَلْوَى | حَلَوِيَّاتٍ |
| Vocative | يا حَلْوَى | يا حَلَوِيَّات |
Word family
Etymology
The word comes from the Semitic root ح-ل-و, which carries the sense of being sweet. From the same root Arabic also forms the adjective حُلْو (sweet) and the noun حَلاوة (sweetness). The English word halva, the sesame confection, was borrowed from this Arabic word through Turkish and Persian.
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