different between calva vs halva

English

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?kælv?/
• (US) IPA^(key): /?k?lv?/

Etymology 1

From Latin calva (“the scalp”).

Noun

calva (plural calvae)

1. (anatomy) the calvaria; the dome or roof of the skull

Further reading

• Calvaria (skull) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Etymology 2

A shortened form of calvados.

Noun

calva (countable and uncountable, plural calvas)

1. calvados, an apple brandy made in France, or a glass of this brandy

Further reading

• Calvados (brandy) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• caval, clava

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kal.va/
• Homophone: calvas

Noun

calva m (plural calvas)

1. calva; calvados

Further reading

• “calva” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Italian

Adjective

calva

1. feminine singular of calvo

Noun

calva f (plural calve)

1. female equivalent of calvo (“bald man”)

Anagrams

• clava

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /?kal.u?a/, [?kä??u?ä]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /?kal.va/, [?k?lv?]

Etymology 1

From Proto-Italic *kalow?, from Proto-Indo-European *kl?H-.

Noun

calva f (genitive calvae); first declension

1. the bald scalp of the head
2. skull

Declension

First-declension noun.

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the main entry.

Adjective

calva

1. nominative/vocative feminine singular of calvus
2. nominative/accusative/vocative neuter plural of calvus

Adjective

calv?

1. ablative feminine singular of calvus

References

• calva in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• calva in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• calva in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
• calva in William Smith, editor (1848) A Dictionary of Greek Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray

Portuguese

Adjective

calva

1. feminine singular of calvo

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?kalba/, [?kal.??a]

Adjective

calva

1. feminine singular of calvo

Noun

calva f (plural calvas)

1. bald patch (area of baldness)
2. an area on a hide or fabric from which the hair or pill has worn out
3. clearing (area of land within a wood or forest devoid of trees)
4. a traditional shepherds’ sport played in parts of Spain, the object of which is to knock down a partially supported horn or piece of wood (the calva) by throwing stones at it. In a modern version the stones have been substituted with metal cylinders (the marro) and horns are no longer used as targets
5. the wooden target used in the game of calva

Further reading

• calva on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

English

Alternative forms

• halvah, halwa, halwah, halava, halawa

Etymology

From Hebrew ?????? (khalvá), from Romanian halva, from Ottoman Turkish ????? (helva), from Persian ????? (halvâ), from Arabic ???????? (?alw?).

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /h??l?v??/, /?h??lv??/

Noun

halva (countable and uncountable, plural halvas)

1. A confection usually made from crushed sesame seeds and honey. It is a traditional dessert in South Asia, the Mediterranean and the Middle East.

Translations

References

Further reading

• halva on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Dutch

Etymology

From Hebrew ????? (halvá), from Romanian halva, from Ottoman Turkish ????? (helva), from Persian ????? (halvâ), from Arabic ???????? (?alw?).

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: hal?va

Noun

halva f or m (plural halva's, diminutive halvaatje n)

1. halva

Estonian

Adjective

halva

1. genitive singular of halb

Finnish

Noun

halva

1. halva

Declension

French

Pronunciation

• ^{(aspirated h)} IPA^(key): /al.va/

Noun

halva m (plural halvas)

1. halva

Further reading

• “halva” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Hungarian

Etymology

hal (“to die”) +? -va (adverbial-participle suffix)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?h?lv?]
• Hyphenation: hal?va
• Rhymes: -v?

Participle

halva

1. adverbial participle of hal (“to die”)

Adverb

halva

1. dead

Derived terms

• élve vagy halva

Ingrian

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *halpa. Cognates include Finnish halpa (“cheap”) and Estonian halb (“bad”).

Pronunciation

• (Ala-Laukaa, Soikkola) IPA^(key): /?h?l??/
• Hyphenation: hal?va

Adjective

halva (genitive halvan, partitive halvaa)

1. cheap
2. bad

Declension

References

• Ruben E. Nirvi (1971) Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 43
• Vitalij Chernyavskij (2005) Ižoran keel (Ittseopastaja)?^[2], page 99

Italian

Noun

halva f

1. halva

Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

• halven

Noun

halva m or f

1. definite feminine singular of halve

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

halva f (definite singular halva, indefinite plural halver or halvor, definite plural halvene or halvone)

1. form removed with the spelling reform of 2012; superseded by halve
2. definite singular of halve

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish ????? (helva), from Arabic ???????? (?alw?).

Noun

halva f (plural halvale)

1. halva

Declension

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish ????? (helva) (Turkish helva), from Arabic ???????? (?alw?).

Noun

halva f (Cyrillic spelling ?????)

1. halva

Declension

Synonyms

• tahan halva

Swedish

Noun

halva c

1. halva

Noun

halva c

1. a half

Declension

Synonyms

• hälft

Related terms

• halv
• halvera