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حُلْوَانٌ

Root: حلو

Full Definition

حُلْوَانٌ is a subst. [as well as an Verbal.Noun], signifying A gift: [a gratuity: so in the present day:] the hire, or pay, of a broker; and of a diviner, for divination, which is forbidden in a trad.: and a requital; see 1. Also The dowry, or nuptial gift, of a woman: [or a portion thereof which the father or guardian of the bride used, in some cases, to take for himself; see 1:] or a gift to a woman in consideration of having her as a wife during a certain fixed period; according to a practice obtaining in Mekkeh: or a gift of the nature of a bride.


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