halis

halis

1. second-person singular present subjunctive of halar

• halís

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish خالص (halis), from Arabic خَالِص (ḵāliṣ).

halis (Hebrew spelling חאליס)

1. authentic; original; natural

   Synonyms: auténtiko, puro

   • 2000, La Lettre Sépharade‎, numbers 1–19, La Lettre Sépharade, page 9:

     Mi padre tambyen favlava el ladino ma konoseva de mas el turko, el franses i el grego, ke favlava sin el mizmo aksento ke teniyamos, los otros, i pareseva grego halis.

     My father also spoke Judezmo but he knew more Turkish, French and Greek; he spoke without the same accent that we ourselves had, and he seemed like authentic Greek.

halis (Hebrew spelling חאליס)

1. certainly; definitely; surely; no doubt

   Synonyms: seguro, de sierto, bevaday

   • (Can we date this quote?), Folkmasa‎:

     manyana viene halis

     Tomorrow certainly comes.

halis

1. plantain

Clipping of halüsinasyon (“hallucination”).

halis (definite accusative halisi, uncountable)

1. (chiefly Internet) abbreviation of halüsinasyon (“hallucination”)

   Karizman halis mi?

   Is your charisma a hallucination?

• For those who are confused, this meaning has a meaning like "is it real?". Thinking through the example above, the person asking the question thinks it's too good to be true because they like the charisma of the other person so much.

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish خالص (halis), from Arabic خَالِص (ḵāliṣ).

halis

1. (dated) pure, unmixed

   Synonyms: doğal, has, katışıksız, öz, saf, som

• Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “halis”, in Nişanyan Sözlük