hulwa
(ˈhʌlwə)
Also 7 helwa, holway.
[a. Urdu and Arab. ḥalwā sweetmeat.]
A kind of sweetmeat in India, Persia, etc.; = halva. Cf. halawi.
| 1662 J. Davies tr. Olearius's Voy. Ambass. 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. |