halal

See also: halál, hálál, and حلال

English

Etymology

From Arabic حَلَال (ḥalāl).

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /həˈlɑːl/

  • Audio (US):

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

A halal restaurant in the United Kingdom.

Adjective

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?

Synonyms

• nonharam
• (from Mandarin Chinese) qingzhen

Antonyms

• haram

Derived terms

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

Translations

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

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

  Mandarin: 清真 (zh) (qīngzhēn)

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

fit to eat according to Muslim religious customs

• Afrikaans: halaal
• Arabic: حَلَال (ar) (ḥalāl)
• Armenian: հալալ (hy) (halal)
• Bengali: হালাল (bn) (halal)
• 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 (hu)
• Indonesian: halal (id)
• Japanese: ハラール (harāru)
• Kazakh: адал (adal)
• Khmer: ហាឡាល (haalaal)
• Korean: 할랄 (hallal)
• Kurdish:

  Central Kurdish: حەڵاڵ (ḧellall)

  Northern Kurdish: please add this translation if you can

• 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 (es)
• 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.
2. (figuratively, by extension) to allow

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
Abjad		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

Borrowed from Arabic حَلَال (ḥalāl).

Pronunciation

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

Adjective

halal (invariable)

1. halal

   Antonym: haram

   productes halal ― halal products

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

   Antonym: haram

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. Inflected halalle is vanishingly rare.

Declension

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

Derived terms

• halalhypotheek

Adverb

halal

1. (Islam) done in keeping with Islamic principles

Finnish

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic حَلَال (ḥalāl).

Pronunciation

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

See also

• halal-
• haram

Further reading

• “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 2023-07-02

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

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

Pronunciation

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

1. (archaic) permission

   Synonym: izin

Further reading

• “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.

Malay

Etymology

From Arabic حَلَال (ḥalāl).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈhalal/

Adjective

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

Derived terms

• kehalalan
• menghalalkan
• penghalal
• penghalalan

Portuguese

Adjective

halal (invariable)

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

Romanian

Etymology

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

Swedish

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic حَلَال (ḥalāl).

Adjective

halal (not comparable)

1. (Islam) halal

Usage notes

Uninflected.

Derived terms

• halalkött
• halalslakt

See also

• haram
• kosher

References

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

Tagalog

Pronunciation

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

Etymology 1

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

Noun

halál (Baybayin spelling ᜑᜎᜎ᜔)

1. act of voting

   Synonyms: boto, pagboto

2. vote

   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

Alternative forms

• hanal — obsolete

Derived terms

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

See also

• hirang

Adjective

halál (Baybayin spelling ᜑᜎᜎ᜔)

1. elected; chosen in an election

Etymology 2

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

Adjective

halál (Baybayin spelling ᜑᜎᜎ᜔) (Islam)

1. halal (permissible according to Muslim religious custom)

See also

• haram

Further reading

• “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