English

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 147241313X), page 176:

     […] broadening the demand for halal across all product categories, not just in their consumption of meat products […]

Synonyms

• nonharam

Antonyms

• haram

Translations

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

Derived terms

Anagrams

• Allah

Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɦaːˈlɑl/

Etymology

Borrowing from Arabic حَلَال ‎(ḥalāl).

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

Antonyms

• haram

Adverb

halal

1. (Islam) done in keeping with Islamic principles

Portuguese

Adjective

halal ‎(plural halal, comparable)

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