halal

English

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halal

Wikipedia

Etymology

From Arabic حَلَال (ḥalāl).

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /həˈlɑːl/

  • Audio (US)

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• (UK) IPA^(key): /həˈlæl/
• Rhymes: -ɑːl, -æl

Adjective

halal (not comparable)

1. (Islam) Permissible, 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; acceptable.
   • 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?

Synonyms

• nonharam
• (from Mandarin Chinese) qingzhen

Antonyms

• haram

Derived terms

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.

See also

• kosher

Anagrams

• Allah, allah

Aleut

Pronunciation

• (Western) IPA^(key): /ˈhalal/

Verb

halal

1. (Western) to turn the head

References

• 2007. The UCLA Phonetics Lab Archive. Los Angeles, CA: UCLA Department of Linguistics.

Azerbaijani

Etymology

From Arabic حَلَال (ḥalāl).

Pronunciation

• Audio

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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 çörək ― honest living (literally, “halal bread”)

Antonyms

• haram

Derived terms

• halallıq

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

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic)
• IPA^(key): (Valencian)

Adjective

halal (invariable)

1. halal

   Antonym: haram

   productes halal ― halal products

Further reading

• “halal” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

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

• IPA^(key): /ɦaːˈlɑl/

• Audio

  (file)

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.

Inflection

Antonyms

• haram

Adverb

halal

1. (Islam) done in keeping with Islamic principles

Finnish

Finnish Wikipedia has an article on:

halal

Wikipedia ^fi

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic حَلَال (ḥalāl).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈhɑlɑl/,
• Rhymes: -ɑlɑl
• Syllabification^(key): ha‧lal

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.

• halal meat = halal-liha

Declension

See also

• halal-
• haram

Further reading

• “halal”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎ (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-02

Hausa

Etymology

From Arabic حَلَال (ḥalāl).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /hà.lâl/
  • (Standard Kano Hausa) IPA^(key):

Noun

hàlâl m

1. (Islam) any halal act; any act permissible in Islam

   Antonym: haram

Indonesian

Etymology

From Malay halal, from Classical Malay halal, from Arabic حَلَال (ḥalāl).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈhalal/
• Rhymes: -lal, -al, -l
• Hyphenation: ha‧lal

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.

Synonyms

• dibenarkan, dibolehkan, diizinkan, diperkenankan, formal, legal, resmi

Antonyms

• haram (all senses)

Derived terms

Noun

halal (first-person possessive halalku, second-person possessive halalmu, third-person possessive halalnya)

1. (archaic) permission

   Synonym: izin

References

Further reading

• “halal” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.

Malay

Etymology

From Arabic حَلَال (ḥalāl).

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 halal ― certified halal

   mencari rezeki halal ― to 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

• “halal”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

Swedish

Swedish Wikipedia has an article on:

halal

Wikipedia ^sv

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic حَلَال (ḥalāl).

Adjective

halal (not comparable)

1. (Islam) halal

Usage notes

Uninflected.

Derived terms

• halalkött
• halalslakt

See also

• haram
• kosher

References

• halal in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• halal in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)

Tagalog

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /haˈlal/,
• Hyphenation: ha‧lal

Etymology 1

Compare Kapampangan alal.

Noun

halál (Baybayin spelling ᜑᜎᜎ᜔)

1. act of voting

   Synonyms: boto, pagboto

2. vote

   Synonym: boto

Adjective

halál (Baybayin spelling ᜑᜎᜎ᜔)

1. elected; chosen in an election

Derived terms

Etymology 2

Ultimately from Arabic حَلَال (ḥalāl).

Adjective

halál (Baybayin spelling ᜑᜎᜎ᜔) (Islam)

1. halal (permissible according to Muslim religious custom)

See also

Further reading

• “halal”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018