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hallvë

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Albanian

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish حلوا, from Arabic حَلْوَى (ḥalwā) or حَلْوَاء (ḥalwāʔ).[1]

Noun

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hallvë f

  1. halva

References

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  1. ^ Bufli, G.; Rocchi, L. (2021), “hallvë”, in A historical-etymological dictionary of Turkisms in Albanian (1555–1954), Trieste: Edizioni Università di Trieste, page 186