ਹਲਾਲੁ

Old Punjabi

Etymology

Borrowed form Classical Persian حلال (halāl), from Arabic حَلَال (ḥalāl). Compare Old Hindi हलाल (halāla).

Noun

ਹਲਾਲੁ (halālu) m (Islam)

1. what is permitted in Islam
2. meat slaughtered in Muslim fashion
3. righteousness

Descendants

• Punjabi: halāl

  Gurmukhi script: ਹਲਾਲ

  Shahmukhi script: حَلال

Further reading

• Christopher Shackle (2011) “ਹਲਾਲੁ”, in A Gurū Nānak Glossary, 2nd edition, New Delhi: Heritage Publishers, →ISBN, page 62.
• “ਹਲਾਲੁ”, in Sri Guru Granth Sahib Dictionary, SriGranth.org, 2024