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Definition of Halva
1. Noun. A confection usually made from crushed sesame seeds and honey. It is a traditional dessert in India, the Mediterranean, the Balkans, and the Middle East. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Halva
1. halvah [n -S] - See also: halvah
Lexicographical Neighbors of Halva
Literary usage of Halva
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Specimens of the Popular Poetry of Persia: As Found in the Adventures and by Alexander Chodźko (1842)
"If there be no halva* let us have ... is noted for the best halva. ... is also
a sort of halva. t The ejaculations of joy, having no meaning; ..."
2. Three Years in Constantinople: Or, Domestic Manners of the Turks in 1844 by Charles White (1846)
"halva is sold by the drachm at the rate of eight piastres per oka,f and vast ...
Two or three ounces of halva, a little bread, and a glass of water, ..."
3. The New Zealand Law Reports by New Zealand Council of Law Reporting, New Zealand Court of Appeal, New Zealand Supreme Court, New Zealand Court of Arbitration, New Zealand Court of Review (1894)
"... Alastor " and " halva " between Turner and the company, the balance against
Turner should be reduced by the account sales of the shipments to an amount ..."
4. In Argolis by George Horton (1902)
"halva is compounded mainly of ground sesame and honey or sugar. ... It with halva
as a holy food and as an efficacious tastes as a stale fish smells, ..."
5. Sessional Papers (1900)
"Local products, such as halva, skins, tobacco, raisins, &c., form the exports,
and also cereals and figs from ... Tobacco halva Raisins Wheat Flour Hides ..."
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