hulwan.
/ˈhʌlwə/ A kind of sweetmeat in India, Persia (now Iran), etc.; = halva n. Cf. halawi n.
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1662 J. Davies tr. A. Olearius Voy. & Trav. Ambassadors 311 At Tabris, they make a certain Conserve of it [sc. duschab], which they call Helwa.
1698 J. Fryer New Acct. E.-India & Persia 358 Every Friday Night, at the Sacrament of Holway, (or Wafer made up in Sweetmeats).
1884 Times 30 May 8 Provisions ran short and the voyagers had to live on hulwa, a glutinous sweetmeat.
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