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means A dense, sweet confection made by cooking a base (like semolina, flour, nuts, or vegetables) with generous amounts of sugar and fat until it turns rich and fudgy.

from From Arabic 'halwa,' simply meaning 'sweet' or 'sweetmeat,' from the root h-l-w (sweetness). The word traveled with trade and empire across the Middle East, South Asia, and the Balkans — picked up into Turkish, Persian, Hindi/Urdu, and Greek along the way — so the name stayed close to its root even as the recipe transformed wildly, from sesame-paste bars to carrot-and-milk puddings.