# halal
## English
### Etymology

From Arabic حَلَال (ḥalāl).

### Pronunciation

* (US) IPA: /həˈlɑːl/
** Audio (US):(file)
* (UK) IPA: /həˈlæl/
* Rhymes: -ɑːl, -æl

### Adjective

halal (not comparable)
* (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 […]
* (of food) Fit to eat according to Muslim religious customs.
* (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
* halalization
* halalize
* halalness
* halal snack pack
* nonhalal
* unhalal

#### Translations
### Adverb

halal (not comparable)
* 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: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)
* (transitive) To make halal.
* (figuratively, by extension) to allow

### See also

* kosher

### Anagrams

* Allah, allah

## Aleut
### Pronunciation

* (Western) IPA: /ˈhalal/

### Verb

halal
* (Western) to turn the head

### References

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

## Azerbaijani
### Etymology

From Arabic حَلَال (ḥalāl).

### Pronunciation

* Audio:(file)

### Adjective

halal (comparative daha halal, superlative ən halal)
* (Islam) Permissible, according to Muslim religious customs; halal
* honest (earned or acquired in a fair manner)
    halal çörək ― honest living (literally, “halal bread”)

#### Antonyms

* haram

#### Derived terms

* halallıq

### Interjection

halal
* 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: (Central, Balearic) [əˈlal]
* IPA: (Valencia) [aˈlal]

### Adjective

halal (invariable)
* 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)
* (chiefly predicative, Islam) halal (allowed, especially with regard to food)

## Dutch
### Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic حَلَال (ḥalāl).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ɦaːˈlɑl/
* Audio:(file)

### Adjective

halal (not comparable)
* (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.

#### Derived terms

* halalhypotheek

### Adverb

halal
* (Islam) done in keeping with Islamic principles

## Finnish
### Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic حَلَال (ḥalāl).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈhɑlɑl/, [ˈhɑ̝lɑ̝l]
* Rhymes: -ɑlɑl
* Hyphenation: ha‧lal

### Adjective

halal
* (Islam) halal
* (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

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

### Noun

hàlâl m
* (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: /ˈhalal/ [ˈha.lal]
* Rhymes: -alal
* Syllabification: ha‧lal

### Adjective

halal
* halal
** (Islam) permissible, according to Muslim religious customs, to have or do
** (of food) fit to eat according to Muslim religious customs
* (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)
* (archaic) permission
    Synonym: izin

### References

* ↑ Erwina Burhanuddin, Abdul Gaffar Ruskhan, R.B. Chrismanto (1993) Penelitian kosakata bahasa Arab dalam bahasa Indonesia [Research on Arabic vocabulary in Indonesian]‎, Jakarta: Pusat Pembinaan dan Pengembangan Bahasa, Departemen Pendidikan dan Kebudayaan, →ISBN, →OCLC

### 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: /ˈhalal/

### Adjective

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

## Romanian
### Etymology

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish حلال (halal).

### Interjection

halal
* bravo

## Spanish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /aˈlal/ [aˈlal]
* Rhymes: -al
* Syllabification: ha‧lal

### Adjective

halal (invariable)
* 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)
* (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: /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)
* act of voting
    Synonyms: boto, pagboto
* vote
    Synonym: boto
* (obsolete) enactment of laws and mandates; legislation
    Synonyms: pagsasabatas, lehislasyon
* (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.
* (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)
* elected; chosen in an election

### Etymology 2

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

#### Adjective

halál (Baybayin spelling ᜑᜎᜎ᜔) (Islam)
* 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 (in Spanish), Manila: Ramirez y Giraudier
* Santos, Fr. Domingo de los (1835) Tomas Oliva, editor, Vocabulario de la lengua tagala: primera, y segunda parte.‎ (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, 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