حُلْوَانٌ

is a subst. [as well as a verbal noun], signifying A gift: (Msb:) [a gratuity: so in the present day:] the hire, or pay, of a broker; (Lh, K;) and of a diviner, (As, S, * Msb, * K,) for divination, (As,) which is forbidden in a tradition: (S, Msb:) and a requital; see 1. (IAar, K.) Also The dowry, or nuptial gift, of a woman: (Msb, K:) [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; (K;) according to a practice obtaining in Mekkeh: (TA:) or a gift of the nature of a bride. (K.)