halal
See also: halál
English
Etymology
From Arabic حَلَال (ḥalāl).
Pronunciation
- (US) IPA(key): /həˈlɑːl/
Audio (US) (file)
- (UK) IPA(key): /həˈlæl/
- Rhymes: -ɑːl, -æl
Adjective
halal (not comparable)
- (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 […]
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- (of food) Fit to eat according to Muslim religious customs.
- (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?
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Synonyms
- nonharam
Antonyms
- haram
Derived terms
- halalization
- halalize
- halalness
- halal snack pack
- nonhalal
- unhalal
Translations
in general, according to Muslim customs, permissible to have or do
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fit to eat according to Muslim religious customs
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Adverb
halal (not comparable)
- 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.
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Verb
halal (third-person singular simple present halals, present participle halaling or halalling, simple past and past participle halaled or halalled)
- (transitive) To make halal.
See also
- kosher
Anagrams
- Allah, allah
Aleut
Pronunciation
- (Western) IPA(key): /ˈhalal/
Verb
halal
- (Western) to turn the head
References
- 2007. The UCLA Phonetics Lab Archive. Los Angeles, CA: UCLA Department of Linguistics.
Azerbaijani
| Cyrillic | һалал | |
|---|---|---|
| Perso-Arabic | حلال | |
Etymology
From Arabic حَلَال (ḥalāl).
Pronunciation
Audio (file)
Adjective
halal (comparative daha halal, superlative ən halal)
- (Islam) Permissible, according to Muslim religious customs; halal
- honest (earned or acquired in a fair manner)
- halal çörək ― honest living (literally, “halal bread”)
Antonyms
- haram
Derived terms
- halallıq
Interjection
halal
- 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
From Arabic حَلَال (ḥalāl).
Pronunciation
- (Balearic, Central) IPA(key): /əˈlal/
- (Valencian) IPA(key): /aˈlal/
Adjective
halal (indeclinable)
- halal
- productes halal ― halal products
- Antonym: haram
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)
- (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)
- (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
| Inflection of halal | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| uninflected | halal | |||
| inflected | - | |||
| comparative | — | |||
| positive | ||||
| predicative/adverbial | halal | |||
| indefinite | m./f. sing. | - | ||
| n. sing. | halal | |||
| plural | - | |||
| definite | - | |||
| partitive | halals | |||
Antonyms
- haram
Adverb
halal
- (Islam) done in keeping with Islamic principles
Finnish
Etymology
Borrowed from Arabic حَلَال (ḥalāl).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈhɑlɑl/, [ˈhɑlɑl]
- Rhymes: -ɑlɑl
- Syllabification(key): ha‧lal
Adjective
halal
- (Islam) halal
- (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
| 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 | |
| instructive | — | halalein | |
| abessive | halalitta | halaleitta | |
| comitative | — | halaleineen | |
| Possessive forms of halal (type risti) | ||
|---|---|---|
| possessor | singular | plural |
| 1st person | halalini | halalimme |
| 2nd person | halalisi | halalinne |
| 3rd person | halalinsa | |
See also
- halal-
- haram
Hausa
Etymology
From Arabic حَلَال (ḥalāl).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /hà.lâl/
- (Standard Kano Hausa) IPA(key): [hà.lâl]
Noun
hàlâl m
- (Islam) any halal act; any act permissible in Islam
- Antonym: haram
Indonesian
Etymology
From Malay halal, from Classical Malay halal, from Arabic حَلَال (ḥalāl).[1]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈhalal/
- Rhymes: -lal, -al, -l
- Hyphenation: ha‧lal
Adjective
halal
- halal
- (Islam) permissible, according to Muslim religious customs, to have or do
- (of food) fit to eat according to Muslim religious customs
- (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
- kehalalan
- menghalalkan
- penghalal
- penghalalan
Noun
halal (first-person possessive halalku, second-person possessive halalmu, third-person possessive halalnya)
- (archaic) permission
- Synonym: izin
References
- 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 29420936
Further reading
- “halal” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Language Development and Fostering Agency — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.
Malay
Etymology
From Arabic حَلَال (ḥalāl).
Adjective
halal
- (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
Derived terms
- kehalalan
- menghalalkan
- penghalal
- penghalalan
Portuguese
Adjective
halal (invariable)
- (of food) halal (fit to eat according to Muslim religious customs)
Romanian
Etymology
From Ottoman Turkish حلال (halal).
Interjection
halal
- bravo
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /aˈlal/ [aˈlal]
- Rhymes: -al
- Syllabification: ha‧lal
Adjective
halal (invariable)
- halal
Further reading
- “halal”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
Tagalog
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: ha‧lal
- IPA(key): /haˈlal/, [hɐˈlal]
Etymology 1
Compare Kapampangan alal.
Noun
halál
- act of voting
- Synonyms: boto, pagboto
- vote
- Synonym: boto
Adjective
halál
- elected; chosen in an election
Derived terms
- halalan
- ihalal
- maghalal
- maghalalan
- mahalal
- manghahalal
- paghahalal
- panghalalan
Etymology 2
Ultimately from Arabic حَلَال (ḥalāl).
Adjective
halál
- halal (permissible according to Muslim religious custom)