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halal

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See also: halál, hálál, and حلال
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English

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English Wikipedia has an article on:
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Etymology

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From Arabic حَلَال (ḥalāl).

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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?

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Adverb

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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]:
      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

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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

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

Anagrams

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Aleut

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Verb

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halal

  1. (Western) to turn the head

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Azerbaijani

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Azerbaijani Wikipedia has an article on:
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Other scripts
Cyrillic һалал
Arabic حلال

Etymology

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From Arabic حَلَال (ḥalāl).

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Adjective

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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”)

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Interjection

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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

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

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Catalan

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Arabic حَلَال (ḥalāl).

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Adjective

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halal (invariable)

  1. halal
    Antonym: haram
    productes halal ― halal products

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Danish

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Arabic حَلَال (ḥalāl).

Adjective

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

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

Dutch

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Arabic حَلَال (ḥalāl).

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Adjective

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halal (not comparable)

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

Usage notes

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  • 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

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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

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Adverb

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halal

  1. (Islam) done in keeping with Islamic principles

Finnish

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Finnish Wikipedia has an article on:
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Etymology

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Borrowed from Arabic حَلَال (ḥalāl).

Pronunciation

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

Adjective

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halal

  1. (Islam) halal
  2. (humorous) permissible, accepted
    Synonyms: košer, laillinen

Usage notes

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halal is rarely used as an attributive adjective and is, instead, prefixed to the word uninflected.

Declension

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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

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Hausa

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Etymology

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From Arabic حَلَال (ḥalāl).

Pronunciation

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

Noun

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hàlâl m

  1. (Islam) any halal act; any act permissible in Islam
    Antonym: haram

Indonesian

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Etymology

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

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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

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Noun

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halal (plural halal-halal)

  1. (archaic) permission
    Synonym: izin

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  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

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Malay

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Etymology

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From Arabic حَلَال (ḥalāl).

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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)
    Antonym: haram
    ditanggung halal ― certified halal
    mencari rezeki halal ― to make a decent living

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Portuguese

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Arabic حَلَال (ḥalāl).

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halal (invariable)

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

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Romanian

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish حلال (halal).

Interjection

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halal

  1. bravo

Spanish

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Spanish Wikipedia has an article on:
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Pronunciation

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

Adjective

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halal (invariable)

  1. (Islam) halal
    Antonym: haram

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Swedish

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Swedish Wikipedia has an article on:
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Etymology

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Borrowed from Arabic حَلَال (ḥalāl).

Adjective

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halal (not comparable, indeclinable)

  1. (Islam) halal
    Antonym: haram

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References

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

Tagalog

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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According to Zorc (1982), borrowed from Malay halal (“permitted; lawful”), from Arabic حَلَال (ḥalāl). Compare Kapampangan alal. See also etymology 2.

Noun

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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
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halál (Baybayin spelling ᜑᜎᜎ᜔)

  1. elected; chosen in an election

Etymology 2

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Ultimately from Arabic حَلَال (ḥalāl). Compare Maranao halal and Tausug halal.

Adjective

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halál (Baybayin spelling ᜑᜎᜎ᜔) (Islam)

  1. halal (permissible according to Muslim religious custom)

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