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See also: halál, hálál, and حلال

English

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Etymology

From Arabic حَلَال (ḥalāl).

Pronunciation

A halal restaurant in the United Kingdom.

Adjective

halal (not comparable)

  1. (Islam) allowable, according to Muslim religious customs, to have or do.
    • 2014, Professor Nilüfer Göle, Islam and Public Controversy in Europe, →ISBN, page 176:
      [] broadening the demand for halal across all product categories, not just in their consumption of meat products []
  2. (of food) Fit to eat according to Muslim religious customs.
  3. (figuratively, by extension) In accordance with standards or usual practice; allowable.
    • 2008, Nicholas Drayson, A Guide to the Birds of East Africa, page 120:
      Is this kosher? I hear you ask. Is it halal? Can this really be viewed as strict adherence to the letter and spirit of the competition?

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Translations

Adverb

halal (not comparable)

  1. In a halal manner; in accordance with Muslim religious customs.
    • 2020 August 20, Eliezer Brand, “ICE is forcing Muslims to eat pork. My fellow Orthodox Jews: This is our fight!”, in The Forward:
      Just like eating halal is not a choice for our Muslim brothers and sisters, for us, eating kosher is not voluntary; it’s who we are and as necessary as the oxygen we need for sustenance.

Verb

halal (third-person singular simple present halals, present participle halaling or halalling, simple past and past participle halaled or halalled)

  1. (transitive) To make halal.
  2. (figuratively, by extension) to allow

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Anagrams

Aleut

Pronunciation

Verb

halal

  1. (Western) to turn the head

References

Azerbaijani

Other scripts
Cyrillic һалал
Abjad حلال

Etymology

From Arabic حَلَال (ḥalāl).

Pronunciation

Adjective

halal (comparative daha halal, superlative ən halal)

  1. (Islam) Permissible, according to Muslim religious customs; halal
  2. honest (earned or acquired in a fair manner)
    halal çörəkhonest living (literally, “halal bread”)

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Interjection

halal

  1. well-done
    Halaldır sənə!Well-done!

Usage notes

  • May cause indignation if said about something that is obviously not halal (according to the primary sense).

Further reading

  • halal” in Obastan.com.

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic حَلَال (ḥalāl).

Pronunciation

Adjective

halal (invariable)

  1. halal
    Antonym: haram
    productes halalhalal products

Further reading

Danish

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic حَلَال (ḥalāl).

Adjective

halal (neuter halal, plural and definite singular attributive halal)

  1. (chiefly predicative, Islam) halal (allowed, especially with regard to food)

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic حَلَال (ḥalāl).

Pronunciation

Adjective

halal (not comparable)

  1. (Islam) allowed, in keeping with Islamic principles

Usage notes

  • halal is normally not inflected, instead it is often used as an attributive first element in compounds or simply left uninflected when used as an attributive adjective.

Declension

Declension of halal
uninflected halal
inflected halalle
comparative
positive
predicative/adverbial halal
indefinite m./f. sing. halalle
n. sing. halal
plural halalle
definite halalle
partitive halals

Antonyms

Adverb

halal

  1. (Islam) done in keeping with Islamic principles

Finnish

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Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic حَلَال (ḥalāl).

Pronunciation

Adjective

halal

  1. (Islam) halal
  2. (humorous) permissible, accepted
    Synonyms: košer, laillinen

Usage notes

halal is rarely used as an attributive adjective and is, instead, prefixed to the word uniflected.

Declension

Inflection of halal (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation)
nominative halal halalit
genitive halalin halalien
partitive halalia halaleja
illative halaliin halaleihin
singular plural
nominative halal halalit
accusative nom. halal halalit
gen. halalin
genitive halalin halalien
partitive halalia halaleja
inessive halalissa halaleissa
elative halalista halaleista
illative halaliin halaleihin
adessive halalilla halaleilla
ablative halalilta halaleilta
allative halalille halaleille
essive halalina halaleina
translative halaliksi halaleiksi
abessive halalitta halaleitta
instructive halalein
comitative halaleine
Possessive forms of halal (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation)
Rare. Only used with substantive adjectives.
first-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative halalini halalini
accusative nom. halalini halalini
gen. halalini
genitive halalini halalieni
partitive halaliani halalejani
inessive halalissani halaleissani
elative halalistani halaleistani
illative halaliini halaleihini
adessive halalillani halaleillani
ablative halaliltani halaleiltani
allative halalilleni halaleilleni
essive halalinani halaleinani
translative halalikseni halaleikseni
abessive halalittani halaleittani
instructive
comitative halaleineni
second-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative halalisi halalisi
accusative nom. halalisi halalisi
gen. halalisi
genitive halalisi halaliesi
partitive halaliasi halalejasi
inessive halalissasi halaleissasi
elative halalistasi halaleistasi
illative halaliisi halaleihisi
adessive halalillasi halaleillasi
ablative halaliltasi halaleiltasi
allative halalillesi halaleillesi
essive halalinasi halaleinasi
translative halaliksesi halaleiksesi
abessive halalittasi halaleittasi
instructive
comitative halaleinesi
first-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative halalimme halalimme
accusative nom. halalimme halalimme
gen. halalimme
genitive halalimme halaliemme
partitive halaliamme halalejamme
inessive halalissamme halaleissamme
elative halalistamme halaleistamme
illative halaliimme halaleihimme
adessive halalillamme halaleillamme
ablative halaliltamme halaleiltamme
allative halalillemme halaleillemme
essive halalinamme halaleinamme
translative halaliksemme halaleiksemme
abessive halalittamme halaleittamme
instructive
comitative halaleinemme
second-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative halalinne halalinne
accusative nom. halalinne halalinne
gen. halalinne
genitive halalinne halalienne
partitive halalianne halalejanne
inessive halalissanne halaleissanne
elative halalistanne halaleistanne
illative halaliinne halaleihinne
adessive halalillanne halaleillanne
ablative halaliltanne halaleiltanne
allative halalillenne halaleillenne
essive halalinanne halaleinanne
translative halaliksenne halaleiksenne
abessive halalittanne halaleittanne
instructive
comitative halaleinenne

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Further reading

Hausa

Etymology

From Arabic حَلَال (ḥalāl).

Pronunciation

Noun

hàlâl m

  1. (Islam) any halal act; any act permissible in Islam
    Antonym: haram

Indonesian

Etymology

Inherited from Malay halal, from Classical Malay halal, from Arabic حَلَال (ḥalāl).[1]

Pronunciation

Adjective

halal

  1. halal
    1. (Islam) permissible, according to Muslim religious customs, to have or do
    2. (of food) fit to eat according to Muslim religious customs
  2. (of money or items) lawful: conforming to, or recognised by the laws of society.

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Antonyms

Derived terms

Noun

halal

  1. (archaic) permission
    Synonym: izin

References

  1. ^ Erwina Burhanuddin, Abdul Gaffar Ruskhan, R.B. Chrismanto (1993) Penelitian kosakata bahasa Arab dalam bahasa Indonesia [Research on Arabic vocabulary in Indonesian]‎, Jakarta: Pusat Pembinaan dan Pengembangan Bahasa, Departemen Pendidikan dan Kebudayaan, →ISBN, →OCLC

Further reading

Malay

Etymology

From Arabic حَلَال (ḥalāl).

Pronunciation

Adjective

halal

  1. (especially Islam) halal, lawful, permissible (according to Muslim religious customs, pertaining to various matters such as food or business practices)
    Antonym: haram
    ditanggung halalcertified halal
    mencari rezeki halalto make a decent living

Derived terms

Portuguese

Adjective

halal (invariable)

  1. (of food) halal (fit to eat according to Muslim religious customs)

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish حلال (halal).

Interjection

halal

  1. bravo

Spanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /aˈlal/
  • Rhymes: -al
  • Syllabification: ha‧lal

Adjective

halal (invariable)

  1. halal

Further reading

Swedish

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Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic حَلَال (ḥalāl).

Adjective

halal (not comparable)

  1. (Islam) halal

Usage notes

Uninflected.

Derived terms

See also

References

Tagalog

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

According to Zorc (1982), borrowed from Malay halal (permitted; lawful), from Arabic حَلَال (ḥalāl). Compare Kapampangan alal. See also etymology 2.

Noun

halál (Baybayin spelling ᜑᜎᜎ᜔)

  1. act of voting
    Synonyms: boto, pagboto
  2. vote
    Synonym: boto
  3. (obsolete) enactment of laws and mandates; legislation
    Synonyms: pagsasabatas, lehislasyon
  4. (law, obsolete) constitution; fundamental law
    Synonyms: saligang-batas, konstitusyon, utos, batas
    Ang halal ng Kapitan, ay huwag magsugal.
    The fundamental law by the Captain is to not gamble.
    Yari ang halal ng Hukom.
    That is the constitution of the Judge.
  5. (obsolete) designation; occupation; livelihood
    Synonyms: katungkulan, gawain, trabaho, hanapbuhay, opisyo, designasyon
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Adjective

halál (Baybayin spelling ᜑᜎᜎ᜔)

  1. elected; chosen in an election

Etymology 2

Ultimately from Arabic حَلَال (ḥalāl). Compare Maranao halal and Tausug halal.

Adjective

halál (Baybayin spelling ᜑᜎᜎ᜔) (Islam)

  1. halal (permissible according to Muslim religious custom)

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Further reading