Bibliotheca Polyglotta

NB: The list below contains only those items that can be regarded as directly derived from ḥalwà. For other items from the root, cf. ↗ḥulw, ↗ḥaly, and, for the overall picture, root entry ↗√ḤLW/Y.

►ḥalwāʔᵘ, n., candy, confection, confectionery, sweetmeats: f. of elat. ^BP#1309ʔaḥlà.
►^BP#4909ḥalwayāt (and Eg. ḥalwiyyāt), n.pl., 1a sweets (in general); b sweet pastry; c candies, confectionery, sweetmeats.
►^BP#4201ḥalāwaẗ, n.f., 1 sweetness; 2 candies, confectionery, sweetmeats; 3 grace, gracefulness, charm, refinement, wittiness, wit; 4 present of money; 5 ransom: vn. I and concr. use. | ḥalāwaẗ ḥummuṣiyyaẗ, n.f., a sweet made of roasted chick-peas; ḥalāwaẗ ṭaḥīniyyaẗ, n.f., a sweet made of sesame-seed meal; ḥalāwaẗ lawziyyaẗ, n.f., a sweet made of almonds.
►ḥulwānī, var. ḥalwāʔī, n., 1 confectioner, candy dealer; 2 pastry cook, fancy baker: nisba formation.
►mā ʔuḥaylà…, expr., oh, how sweet is …: exclam. | mā ʔuḥaylā-hu, oh, how sweet he is!
►muḥall^an, det. muḥallà, adj., 1 sweetened; 2 ↗ḥaly: PP II.

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