halal

From Arabic حَلَال‎ (ḥalāl).

• (US) IPA^(key): /həˈlɑːl/

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

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?

• nonharam

• haram

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.

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.

• kosher

• Allah, allah

• (Western) IPA^(key): /ˈhalal/

halal

1. (Western) to turn the head

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

From Arabic حَلَال‎ (ḥalāl).

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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”)

• haram

• halallıq

halal

1. well-done

   Halaldır sənə! ― Well-done!

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

• “halal” in Obastan.com.

From Arabic حَلَال‎ (ḥalāl).

• (Balearic, Central) IPA^(key): /əˈlal/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /aˈlal/

halal (indeclinable)

1. halal

   productes halal ― halal products

   Antonym: haram

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

Borrowed from Arabic حَلَال‎ (ḥalāl).

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

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

Borrowed from Arabic حَلَال‎ (ḥalāl).

• IPA^(key): /ɦaːˈlɑl/

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halal (not comparable)

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

• 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.

• haram

halal

1. (Islam) done in keeping with Islamic principles

Borrowed from Arabic حَلَال‎ (ḥalāl).

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

halal

1. (Islam) halal
2. (humorous) permissible, accepted

   Synonyms: košer, laillinen

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

• halal meat = halal-liha

• halal-
• haram

From Arabic حَلَال‎ (ḥalāl).

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

hàlâl m

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

   Antonym: haram

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

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

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.

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

• haram (all senses)

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

1. (archaic) permission

   Synonym: izin

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

From Arabic حَلَال‎ (ḥalāl).

halal

1. (especially Islam) halal, lawful, permissible (according to Muslim religious customs, pertaining to various matters such as food or business practices)

   ditanggung halal ― certified halal

   mencari rezeki halal ― to make a decent living

   Antonym: haram

halal (invariable)

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

From Ottoman Turkish حلال‎ (halal).

halal

1. bravo

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

halal (invariable)

1. halal

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

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

Compare Kapampangan alal.

halál

1. act of voting

   Synonyms: boto, pagboto

2. vote

   Synonym: boto

halál

1. elected; chosen in an election

Ultimately from Arabic حَلَال‎ (ḥalāl).

halál

1. halal (permissible according to Muslim religious custom)