حلاوة

Arabic

Root
ح ل و (ḥ l w)
10 terms

Etymology

Verbal noun of حَلَا (ḥalā).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ħa.laː.wa/

Noun

حَلَاوَة • (ḥalāwa) f

1. verbal noun of حَلَا (ḥalā, “to be sweet”) (form I)
2. sweetness
3. sugar wax

Declension

Declension of noun حَلَاوَة (ḥalāwa)

singular	singular triptote in ـَة (-a)
	indefinite	definite	construct
informal	حَلَاوَة ḥalāwa	الْحَلَاوَة al-ḥalāwa	حَلَاوَة ḥalāwat
nominative	حَلَاوَةٌ ḥalāwatun	الْحَلَاوَةُ al-ḥalāwatu	حَلَاوَةُ ḥalāwatu
accusative	حَلَاوَةً ḥalāwatan	الْحَلَاوَةَ al-ḥalāwata	حَلَاوَةَ ḥalāwata
genitive	حَلَاوَةٍ ḥalāwatin	الْحَلَاوَةِ al-ḥalāwati	حَلَاوَةِ ḥalāwati

Descendants

• Maltese: ħlewwa
• → English: halawa
• → Azerbaijani: həlavət
• → Persian: حلاوت (halâvat)
• → Ottoman Turkish: حلاوت (halâvet)

  > Turkish: halavet (inherited)

• → Uyghur: ھالاۋەت (halawet)
• → Uzbek: halovat

Hijazi Arabic

Root
ح ل و
2 terms

Etymology

From Arabic حَلَاوَة (ḥalāwa).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ħa.laː.wa/

Noun

حلاوة • (ḥalāwa) f (dual حلاوتين (ḥalāwatēn), plural حلويّات (ḥalāwiyyāt))

1. candy
2. sweetness

Moroccan Arabic

Root
ح ل و
3 terms

Etymology

From Arabic حَلَاوَة (ḥalāwa).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ħlaː.wa/

Noun

حلاوة • (ḥlāwa) f

1. sweetness