halal

See also: halál, hálál, and حلال
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English

Etymology

    Borrowed from Arabic حَلَال (ḥalāl).

    Pronunciation

    • (US) IPA(key): /həˈlɑːl/
      • Audio (US):(file)
    • (UK) IPA(key): /həˈlæl/
    • Rhymes: -ɑːl, -æl

    Adjective

    halal (not comparable)

    A halal restaurant in the United Kingdom.
    1. (Islam) Allowable, according to Muslim religious customs, to have or do.
      Synonyms: nonharam, (from Mandarin Chinese) qingzhen
      Antonym: haram
      Hypernyms: acceptable; see also Thesaurus:permissible
      • 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 […]
      1. (specifically, of food) Fit to eat according to Muslim religious customs.
    2. (figuratively, by extension) In accordance with standards or usual practice; allowable.
      Synonyms: by the book, proper, rightful; see also Thesaurus:orthodox
      • 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?

    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[2], archived from the original on 24 October 2020:
        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 halalling, simple past and past participle halalled)

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

    See also

    • kosher, equivalent in Judaism
    • jhatka, equivalent (meat-specific) in Sikhism

    Anagrams

    Aleut

    Pronunciation

    • (Western) IPA(key): /ˈhalal/

    Verb

    halal

    1. (Western) to turn the head

    References

    Azerbaijani

    Other scripts
    Cyrillic һалал
    Arabic حلال

    Etymology

      Borrowed from Arabic حَلَال (ḥalāl).

      Pronunciation

      • IPA(key): [hɑˈɫɑɫ]
      • Audio (Baku):(file)

      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

      Derived terms

      • halal etmək
      • halal olsun
      • halallıq

      Interjection

      halal

      1. well-done
        Halaldır sənə! ― Well-done!
      2. Uttered protectively when someone chokes while eating, invoking the idea that the food is rightfully earned and thus should not harm the eater.

      Usage notes

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

      References

      Catalan

      Etymology

        Borrowed from Arabic حَلَال (ḥalāl).

        Pronunciation

        Adjective

        halal (invariable)

        1. halal
          Antonym: haram
          productes halal ― halal 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

        • IPA(key): /ɦaːˈlɑl/
        • Audio:(file)

        Adjective

        halal (not comparable, no superlative)

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

        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. Inflected halalle is vanishingly rare.

        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

        Derived terms

        • halalhypotheek

        Adverb

        halal

        1. (Islam) done in keeping with Islamic principles

        Finnish

        Etymology

        Borrowed from Arabic حَلَال (ḥalāl).

        Pronunciation

        • IPA(key): /ˈhɑlɑl/, [ˈhɑ̝lɑ̝l]
        • Rhymes: -ɑlɑl
        • Syllabification(key): ha‧lal
        • Hyphenation(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 uninflected.

        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
        third-person possessor
        singular plural
        nominative halalinsa halalinsa
        accusative nom. halalinsa halalinsa
        gen. halalinsa
        genitive halalinsa halaliensa
        partitive halaliaan
        halaliansa         		halalejaan
        halalejansa
        inessive halalissaan
        halalissansa         		halaleissaan
        halaleissansa
        elative halalistaan
        halalistansa         		halaleistaan
        halaleistansa
        illative halaliinsa halaleihinsa
        adessive halalillaan
        halalillansa         		halaleillaan
        halaleillansa
        ablative halaliltaan
        halaliltansa         		halaleiltaan
        halaleiltansa
        allative halalilleen
        halalillensa         		halaleilleen
        halaleillensa
        essive halalinaan
        halalinansa         		halaleinaan
        halaleinansa
        translative halalikseen
        halaliksensa         		halaleikseen
        halaleiksensa
        abessive halalittaan
        halalittansa         		halaleittaan
        halaleittansa
        instructive — —
        comitative — halaleineen
        halaleinensa

        See also

        Further reading

        Hausa

        Etymology

        From Arabic حَلَال (ḥalāl).

        Pronunciation

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

        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 (comparative lebih halal, superlative paling 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

        Antonyms

        Derived terms

        • kehalalan
        • menghalalkan
        • penghalal
        • penghalalan

        Noun

        halal (plural halal-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]‎[1], Jakarta: Pusat Pembinaan dan Pengembangan Bahasa, Departemen Pendidikan dan Kebudayaan, →ISBN, →OCLC

        Further reading

        Malay

        Etymology

        From Arabic حَلَال (ḥalāl).

        Pronunciation

        • IPA(key): [ha.lal]
        • Rhymes: -alal, -lal, -al
        • Hyphenation: ha‧lal

        Adjective

        halal (comparative lebih halal, superlative paling halal)

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

        Derived terms

        • kehalalan
        • menghalalkan
        • penghalal
        • penghalalan

        Portuguese

        Etymology

          Borrowed from Arabic حَلَال (ḥalāl).

          Pronunciation

           
           
          • (Portugal) IPA(key): /aˈlɐl/ [aˈlɐɫ]
            • (Southern Portugal) IPA(key): /aˈlɐ.li/

          Adjective

          halal (invariable)

          1. (Islam) halal (allowable, according to Muslim religious customs)
          2. (of food) halal (fit to eat according to Muslim religious customs)

          Further reading

          Romanian

          Etymology

            Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish حلال (halal).

            Interjection

            halal

            1. bravo

            Spanish

            Pronunciation

            • IPA(key): /xaˈlal/ [xaˈlal]
            • Rhymes: -al
            • Syllabification: ha‧lal

            Adjective

            halal (invariable)

            1. (Islam) halal
              Antonym: haram

            Further reading

            Swedish

            Etymology

            Borrowed from Arabic حَلَال (ḥalāl).

            Adjective

            halal (not comparable, indeclinable)

            1. (Islam) halal
              Antonym: haram

            Derived terms

            See also

            References

            • “halal”, in Svenska Akademiens ordböcker [Dictionaries of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)

            Tagalog

            Pronunciation

            • (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /haˈlal/ [hɐˈlal]
            • Rhymes: -al
            • Syllabification: ha‧lal

            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 electing; act of voting for a candidate in an election
              Synonyms: boto, pagboto
            2. vote cast in an election
              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
            Alternative forms
            Derived terms
            See also

            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)

            See also

            Further reading

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