Editing Halva (section)

==Etymology==
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The word ''halva'' entered the English language between 1840 and 1850 from Romanian, which came from {{langx|ota|حلوى|helva}}, itself ultimately derived from {{langx|ar|حلوى|ḥalwā}}, a sweet confection.<ref name="Marks_Encyclopedia">{{cite book |first=Gil |last=Marks |author-link=Gil Marks |year=2010 |title=Encyclopedia of Jewish Food |publisher=HMH |chapter=Halva |isbn=9780544186316 | chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=gFK_yx7Ps7cC&pg=PT772}}</ref><ref name="D">[http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/halvah Halvah] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160306131022/http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/halvah |date=March 6, 2016 }}, [[Random House Dictionary]], 2009</ref> The root in {{langx|ar|ح ل و|''ḥ-l-w''|links=no}}, means "sweet".<ref>{{cite web
   |title=American Heritage Dictionary
   |url=https://ahdictionary.com/word/semitic.html
   |access-date=February 21, 2019}}</ref> The Persian name for the confection is {{Langx|fa|روغن خورديگ|translit=rōɣæn xordīg}}, meaning "oil food".<ref name=":0" />