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Yes. The word halal is a Scrabble US word. The word halal is worth 8 points in Scrabble:

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5-letter words (2 found)

HALAL,LAHAL,

4-letter words (1 found)

HALL,

3-letter words (6 found)

AAH,AAL,AHA,ALA,ALL,LAH,

2-letter words (5 found)

AA,AH,AL,HA,LA,

You can make 14 words from halal according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

All 5 letters words made out of halal

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Definitions and meaning of halal

halal

Etymology

From Arabic حَلَال (ḥalāl).

Pronunciation

  • (US) IPA(key): /həˈlɑːl/
  • (UK) IPA(key): /həˈlæl/
  • Rhymes: -ɑːl, -æl

Adjective

halal (not comparable)

  1. (Islam) Permissible, according to Muslim religious customs, to have or do.
  2. (of food) Fit to eat according to Muslim religious customs.
  3. (figuratively, by extension) In accordance with standards or usual practice; acceptable.

Synonyms

  • nonharam
  • (from Mandarin Chinese) qingzhen

Antonyms

  • haram

Derived terms

Translations

Adverb

halal (not comparable)

  1. In a halal manner; in accordance with Muslim religious customs.

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, allah

Aleut

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.

Azerbaijani

Etymology

From Arabic حَلَال (ḥalāl).

Pronunciation

Adjective

halal (comparative daha halal, superlative ən halal)

  1. (Islam) Permissible, according to Muslim religious customs; halal
  2. honest (earned or acquired in a fair manner)
    halal çörək ― honest living (literally, “halal bread”)

Antonyms

  • haram

Derived terms

  • halallıq

Interjection

halal

  1. 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(key): (Central, Balearic) [əˈlal]
  • IPA(key): (Valencian) [aˈlal]

Adjective

halal (invariable)

  1. 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)

  1. (chiefly predicative, Islam) halal (allowed, especially with regard to food)

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic حَلَال (ḥalāl).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɦaːˈlɑl/

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

Finnish

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic حَلَال (ḥalāl).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈhɑlɑl/, [ˈhɑ̝lɑ̝l]
  • Rhymes: -ɑlɑl
  • Syllabification(key): ha‧lal

Adjective

halal

  1. (Islam) halal
  2. (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

See also

  • halal-
  • haram

Further reading

  • “halal”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎[3] (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(key): /hà.lâl/
    • (Standard Kano Hausa) IPA(key): [hà.lâl]

Noun

hàlâl m

  1. (Islam) any halal act; any act permissible in Islam
    Antonym: haram

Indonesian

Etymology

From Malay halal, from Classical Malay halal, from Arabic حَلَال (ḥalāl).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈhalal/
  • Rhymes: -lal, -al, -l
  • Hyphenation: ha‧lal

Adjective

halal

  1. halal
    1. (Islam) permissible, according to Muslim religious customs, to have or do
    2. (of food) fit to eat according to Muslim religious customs
  2. (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

Noun

halal (first-person possessive halalku, second-person possessive halalmu, third-person possessive halalnya)

  1. (archaic) permission
    Synonym: izin

References

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 Indonesia, 2016.

Malay

Etymology

From Arabic حَلَال (ḥalāl).

Adjective

halal

  1. (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

Portuguese

Adjective

halal (invariable)

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

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish حلال (halal).

Interjection

halal

  1. bravo

Spanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /aˈlal/ [aˈlal]
  • Rhymes: -al
  • Syllabification: ha‧lal

Adjective

halal (invariable)

  1. halal

Further reading

  • “halal”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

Swedish

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic حَلَال (ḥalāl).

Adjective

halal (not comparable)

  1. (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

  • IPA(key): /haˈlal/, [hɐˈlal]
  • Hyphenation: ha‧lal

Etymology 1

Compare Kapampangan alal.

Noun

halál (Baybayin spelling ᜑᜎᜎ᜔)

  1. act of voting
    Synonyms: boto, pagboto
  2. vote
    Synonym: boto

Adjective

halál (Baybayin spelling ᜑᜎᜎ᜔)

  1. elected; chosen in an election
Derived terms

Etymology 2

Ultimately from Arabic حَلَال (ḥalāl).

Adjective

halál (Baybayin spelling ᜑᜎᜎ᜔) (Islam)

  1. halal (permissible according to Muslim religious custom)

See also

Further reading

  • “halal”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018

Source: wiktionary.org