halal
To make halal.
Adjective
- Allowable, 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:
Antonyms: haram
Hypernyms: acceptable abideable admissible allowable permissible sufferable supportable tolerable
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(specifically, of food) Fit to eat according to Muslim religious customs.
Antonyms: haram
Hypernyms: acceptable abideable admissible allowable permissible sufferable supportable tolerable
- In 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 120:
Synonyms: by the book proper rightful halal homodox kosher orthodox allowed conventional customary natural official routine traditional
Origin
Etymology tree Arabic حَلَال (ḥalāl)bor. English halal Borrowed from Arabic حَلَال (ḥalāl).
Derived
halal cart halalflation halalify halalisation halalization halalize halalness halal net halal snack pack nonhalal unhalal
Adverb
- In 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,...
Verb
- To make halal.
- to allow