halva
/ˈhalvə
/ /ˈhalvɑː/(also halvah)
noun [mass noun]
A Middle Eastern sweet made of sesame flour and honey.The results run from simple brittle and toffee type sweets through halva, barfi, and sandesh, to the family of confections based on rasgullas....
- A favorite Palestinian candy is halvah, a sweet nougat made of sesame seeds and honey.
- Finally, ‘sweetmeats’ like halva and burfi can often round off a festive meal.
Origin
Yiddish, or from Turkish helva, from Arabic and Persian ḥalwā 'sweetmeat'.