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) allowable, 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; allowable.
   • 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
• (from Mandarin Chinese) qingzhen

• 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^[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.

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.
2. (figuratively, by extension) to allow

• 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;
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.

Borrowed from Arabic حَلَال (ḥalāl).

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [əˈlal]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [aˈlal]

halal (invariable)

1. halal

   Antonym: haram

   productes halal ― halal products

• “halal”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007

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

   Antonym: haram

• 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 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

halal

1. (Islam) done in keeping with Islamic principles

Borrowed from Arabic حَلَال (ḥalāl).

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

• “halal”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎^[3] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2 July 2023

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

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

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /ˈhalal/ [ˈha.lal]
• Rhymes: -alal
• Syllabification: ha‧lal

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

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

• haram (all senses)

halal (plural halal-halal)

1. (archaic) permission

   Synonym: izin

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

From Arabic حَلَال (ḥalāl).

• IPA^(key): [ha.lal]

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• Rhymes: -alal, -lal, -al
• Hyphenation: ha‧lal

halal

1. (especially Islam) , 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

Borrowed from Arabic حَلَال (ḥalāl).

halal (invariable)

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

• “halal”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025

Borrowed 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 [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024

Borrowed from Arabic حَلَال (ḥalāl).

halal (not comparable, indeclinable)

1. (Islam) halal

• halalkött
• halalslakt

• haram
• kosher

• halal in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• halal in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)

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

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

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

• hanal — obsolete

halál (Baybayin spelling ᜑᜎᜎ᜔)

1. elected; chosen in an election

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

halál (Baybayin spelling ᜑᜎᜎ᜔) (Islam)

1. halal (permissible according to Muslim religious custom)

• “halal”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
• Noceda, Fr. Juan José de, Sanlucar, Fr. Pedro de (1860) Vocabulario de la lengua tagala, compuesto por varios religiosos doctos y graves‎^[4] (in Spanish), Manila: Ramirez y Giraudier
• Santos, Fr. Domingo de los (1835) Tomas Oliva, editor, Vocabulario de la lengua tagala: primera, y segunda parte.‎^[5] (in Spanish), La imprenta nueva de D. Jose Maria Dayot
• San Buena Ventura, Fr. Pedro de (1613) Juan de Silva, editor, Vocabulario de lengua tagala: El romance castellano puesto primero‎^[6], La Noble Villa de Pila
  • page 183: “Conſtituir) Halal (pc) [en dignidad] a alguno”
  • page 264: “Elejir) Halal [(pc)] en ofiçio a alguno”
  • page 450: “Ofiçio) Halal (pc) q̃ vno vſa para viuir”
  • page 500: “Proueer) Halal (pc) los ofiçios dela republica”
  • page 551: “Señalar) Halal (pc) ofiçios”
• Zorc, David Paul (1982) Core Etymological Dictionary of Filipino: Part 3, page 148