Meanings
- not comparableIslamAllowable, according to Muslim religious customs, to have or do.
[…] broadening the demand for halal across all product categories, not just in their consumption of meat products […]
2014, Professor Nilüfer Göle, Islam and Public Controversy in Europe, →ISBN, page 176 - broadlyfigurativelynot comparableIn accordance with standards or usual practice; allowable.
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?
2008, Nicholas Drayson, A Guide to the Birds of East Africa, page 120Synonyms: by the book, proper, rightful, homodox, kosher, orthodox, by the book, allowed
- not comparableIn a halal manner; in accordance with Muslim religious customs.
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.
2020 August 20, Eliezer Brand, “ICE is forcing Muslims to eat pork. My fellow Orthodox Jews: This is our fight!”, in The Forward, archived from the original on 24 Oct 2020
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectiveAllowable, according to Muslim religious customs, to have or do.
adjectiveIn accordance with standards or usual practice; allowable.
More synonyms by meaning
adjectiveproper or legitimate according to Muslim law
adjectiveconforming to Muslim dietary laws
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Arabicحَلَال
- Arabicحَلَال
- Englishhalal
Borrowed from Arabic حَلَال (ḥalāl).
More words from Arabic
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Afrikaans halaal, halaal
- halaalfit to eat according to Muslim religious customs
- halaalin general, according to Muslim customs, permissible to have or do
Arabic حَلَال, حَلَال
- حَلَال (ḥalāl)fit to eat according to Muslim religious customs
- حَلَال (ḥalāl)in general, according to Muslim customs, permissible to have or do
Bengali হালাল, হালাল
- হালাল (halal)fit to eat according to Muslim religious customs
- হালাল (halal)in general, according to Muslim customs, permissible to have or do
Catalan halal, halal
- halalfit to eat according to Muslim religious customs
- halalin general, according to Muslim customs, permissible to have or do
Chinese Cantonese 清真, 清真
- 清真 (cing¹ zan¹)fit to eat according to Muslim religious customs
- 清真 (cing¹ zan¹)in general, according to Muslim customs, permissible to have or do
Chinese Mandarin 清真, 清真
- 清真 (qīngzhēn)fit to eat according to Muslim religious customs
- 清真 (qīngzhēn)in general, according to Muslim customs, permissible to have or do
Danish halal, halal
- halalfit to eat according to Muslim religious customs
- halalin general, according to Muslim customs, permissible to have or do
Dutch halal
- halalfit to eat according to Muslim religious customs
Esperanto halala
- halalafit to eat according to Muslim religious customs
Finnish halal
- halalfit to eat according to Muslim religious customs
French halal
- halalfit to eat according to Muslim religious customs
German halal
- halalfit to eat according to Muslim religious customs
Greek χαλάλ
- χαλάλ (chalál)fit to eat according to Muslim religious customs
Hebrew חלאל
- חלאלfit to eat according to Muslim religious customs
Hindi हलाल, हलाल
- हलाल (halāl)fit to eat according to Muslim religious customs
- हलाल (halāl)in general, according to Muslim customs, permissible to have or do
Hungarian halal
- halalfit to eat according to Muslim religious customs
Indonesian halal, halal
- halalfit to eat according to Muslim religious customs
- halalin general, according to Muslim customs, permissible to have or do
Japanese ハラール, ハラール
- ハラール (harāru)fit to eat according to Muslim religious customs
- ハラール (harāru)in general, according to Muslim customs, permissible to have or do
Korean 할랄
- 할랄 (hallal)fit to eat according to Muslim religious customs
Malay halal, halal
- halalfit to eat according to Muslim religious customs
- halalin general, according to Muslim customs, permissible to have or do
Polish halal, halal
- halalfit to eat according to Muslim religious customs
- halalin general, according to Muslim customs, permissible to have or do
Portuguese halal, halal
- halalfit to eat according to Muslim religious customs
- halalin general, according to Muslim customs, permissible to have or do
Russian халя́льный, халя́льный
- халя́льный (xaljálʹnyj)fit to eat according to Muslim religious customs
- халя́льный (xaljálʹnyj)in general, according to Muslim customs, permissible to have or do
Spanish halal
- halalfit to eat according to Muslim religious customs
Swahili halali, halali
- halalifit to eat according to Muslim religious customs
- halaliin general, according to Muslim customs, permissible to have or do
Swedish halal
- halalfit to eat according to Muslim religious customs
Tagalog halal, halal
- halalfit to eat according to Muslim religious customs
- halalin general, according to Muslim customs, permissible to have or do
Thai ฮาลาล, ฮาลาล
- ฮาลาล (haa-laan)fit to eat according to Muslim religious customs
- ฮาลาล (haa-laan)in general, according to Muslim customs, permissible to have or do
Turkish helal, helal
- helalfit to eat according to Muslim religious customs
- helalin general, according to Muslim customs, permissible to have or do
Ukrainian халя́льний, халя́льний
- халя́льний (xaljálʹnyj)fit to eat according to Muslim religious customs
- халя́льний (xaljálʹnyj)in general, according to Muslim customs, permissible to have or do
Urdu حَلال, حَلال
- حَلال (halāl)fit to eat according to Muslim religious customs
- حَلال (halāl)in general, according to Muslim customs, permissible to have or do
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Cite this entry
halal. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/halal
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