halal

See also: halál

English

Etymology

From Arabic حَلَال‎ (ḥalāl).

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /həˈlɑːl/

  • Audio (US)

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

Adjective

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?

Synonyms

• nonharam
• (from Mandarin Chinese) qingzhen

Antonyms

• haram

Derived terms

• halal cart
• halal snack pack
• halalization
• halalize
• halalness
• nonhalal
• unhalal

 

Translations

in general, according to Muslim customs, permissible to have or do

• Arabic: حَلَال‎ (ar) (ḥalāl)
• Bengali: হালাল (bn) (ḣalal)
• Catalan: halal (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 清真 (zh) (qīngzhēn)

• Danish: halal
• Hindi: हलाल (hi) (halāl)
• Kazakh: адал (kk) (adal)
• Malay: halal (ms)
• Persian: حلال‎ (fa) (halâl)
• Russian: халя́льный (ru) (xaljálʹnyj)
• Swahili: halali (sw)
• Turkish: helal (tr)
• Thai: ฮาลาล (th) (haa-laan)

fit to eat according to Muslim religious customs

• Arabic: حَلَال‎ (ar) (ḥalāl)
• Armenian: հալալ (hy) (halal)
• Bengali: হালাল (bn) (ḣalal)
• Catalan: halal (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 清真 (zh) (qīngzhēn)

• Danish: halal
• Dutch: halal (nl)
• Esperanto: halala
• Finnish: halal (fi)
• French: halal (fr)
• German: halal (de)
• Greek: χαλάλ (chalál)
• Hebrew: חלאל‎
• Hindi: हलाल (hi) (halāl)
• Hungarian: halal
• Indonesian: halal (id)
• Japanese: ハラール (harāru)
• Kazakh: адал (kk) (adal)
• Khmer: ហាឡាល (haalaal)
• Korean: 할랄 (hallal)
• Kurdish:

  Central Kurdish: حەڵاڵ‎ (ḧellall)

• Kyrgyz: адал (ky) (adal)
• Malay: halal (ms)
• Maltese: please add this translation if you can
• Marathi: हलाल (halāl)
• Persian: حلال‎ (fa) (halâl)
• Portuguese: halal
• Russian: халя́льный (ru) (xaljálʹnyj)
• Spanish: halal
• Swahili: halali (sw)
• Swedish: halal (sv)
• Thai: ฮาลาล (th) (haa-laan)
• Turkish: helal (tr)
• Urdu: حَلال‎ (halāl)

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]:

     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 halaling or halalling, simple past and past participle halaled or halalled)

1. (transitive) To make halal.

See also

• kosher

Anagrams

• Allah, allah

Aleut

Pronunciation

• (Western) IPA^(key): /ˈhalal/

Verb

halal

1. (Western) to turn the head

References

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

Azerbaijani

Other scripts

Cyrillic		һалал
Perso-Arabic		حلال‎

Etymology

From Arabic حَلَال‎ (ḥalāl).

Pronunciation

• Audio

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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

• haram

Derived terms

• halallıq

Interjection

halal

1. 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)

1. 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)

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

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic حَلَال‎ (ḥalāl).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɦaːˈlɑl/

• Audio

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Adjective

halal (not comparable)

1. (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

1. (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

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 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

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

   Antonym: haram

Indonesian

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Adjective

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

• 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)

1. (archaic) permission

   Synonym: izin

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

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

Derived terms

• kehalalan
• menghalalkan
• penghalal
• penghalalan

 

Portuguese

Adjective

halal (invariable)

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

Romanian

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish حلال‎ (halal).

Interjection

halal

1. bravo

Spanish

Pronunciation

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

Adjective

halal (invariable)

1. 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

1. act of voting

   Synonyms: boto, pagboto

2. vote

   Synonym: boto

Adjective

halál

1. elected; chosen in an election

Derived terms

• halalan
• ihalal
• maghalal
• maghalalan
• mahalal
• manghahalal
• paghahalal
• panghalalan

 

Etymology 2

Ultimately from Arabic حَلَال‎ (ḥalāl).

Adjective

halál

1. halal (permissible according to Muslim religious custom)