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halvadjí

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Ladino

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish حلواجی (helvacı, “confectioner”),[1] equivalent to halvá (“halva, confection”) +‎ -djí.

Noun

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halvadjí m

  1. vendor of sweets
    • 1999, Matilda Koén-Sarano, לז׳נדאס‎[1], נור, page 207:
      Kuando boltó el halvadjí i avrió la kasha para pagar parás, no topó mas nada adientro.
      When the candyman turned around and opened the cash register to pay in Ottoman coins, there was no longer anything inside.

References

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  1. ^ “halvadjí”, in Trezoro de la Lengua Djudeoespanyola [Treasury of the Judeo-Spanish Language] (in Ladino, Hebrew, and English), Instituto Maale Adumim
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