halal

adjective
🔊/həˈlæl/, 🔊/həˈlɑːl/
🔊/həˈlæl/, 🔊/həˈlɑːl/
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  1. (of meat肉食) from an animal that has been killed according to Muslim law按伊斯兰教教法宰杀的
    • halal meat伊斯兰教的合法畜肉
    • a halal butcher (= one who sells halal meat)售卖伊斯兰教合法肉食的肉商
    Topics Cooking and eatingc2, Religion and festivalsc2
  2. acceptable according to Muslim religious law符合伊斯兰教教法的 see also haramTopics Religion and festivalsc2
  3. Word Originmid 19th cent.: from Arabic ḥalāl ‘according to religious law’.