हल्वा
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Marathi
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Arabic حَلْوَى (ḥalwā). Cognate with Assamese হালোৱা (halüa), Bengali হালুয়া (haluẏa), Hindi हलवा (halvā), Punjabi ਹਲਵਾ (halvā), Gujarati હલવો (halvo).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]हल्वा • (halvā) m
References
[edit]- Berntsen, Maxine, “हल्वा”, in A Basic Marathi-English Dictionary, New Delhi: American Institute of Indian Studies, 1982-1983.
- Molesworth, James Thomas (1857) “हल्वा”, in A dictionary, Marathi and English, Bombay: Printed for government at the Bombay Education Society's Press