हलाल

See also: हल्ला, हल्ली, and हिलाल

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian حلال (halāl), from Arabic حَلَال (ḥalāl).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /ɦə.lɑːl/, [ɦɐ.läːl]

Adjective

हलाल • (halāl) (indeclinable, Urdu spelling حَلال)

1. halal
2. legitimate, hard-earned

References

• Caturvedi, Mahendra, Bhola Nath Tiwari (1970) “हलाल”, in A practical Hindi-English dictionary, Delhi: National Publishing House
• Bahri, Hardev (1989) “हलाल”, in Siksarthi Hindi-Angrejhi Sabdakosa [Learners' Hindi-English Dictionary], Delhi: Rajpal & Sons.

Old Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian حلال (halāl), from Arabic حَلَال (ḥalāl). Compare Old Punjabi ਹਲਾਲੁ (halālu).

Noun

हलाल (halāla)

1. (Islam) prescribed way of killing a sacrificial animal

Descendants

• Hindustani: halāl

  Hindi: हलाल

  Urdu: حَلال (halāl)

Further reading

• Jaroslav Strnad (2013) Morphology and Syntax of Old Hindī : Edition and Analysis of One Hundred Kabīr Vānī Poems From Rājasthān (Brill's Indological Library; 45), Leiden, →OCLC, page 571