halal

Etymology

From Arabic حَلَال‎ (ḥalāl).

Pronunciation

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• Rhymes: -ɑːl

Adjective

halal (not comparable)

1. (of food) Fit to eat according to Muslim religious customs.
2. (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 […]

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

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.

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic حَلَال‎ (ḥalāl).

Adjective

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

1. (chiefly predicative, Islam) halal (allowed, esp. with regards to food)

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic حَلَال‎ (ḥalāl).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɦaːˈlɑl/

• Audio

  (file)

Adjective

halal (not comparable)

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

Adverb

halal

1. (Islam) done in keeping with Islamic principles

Adjective

halal (plural halal, comparable)

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

Adjective

halal (invariable)

1. halal