English
halal
Halal comes from Arabic حَلَال ‘halal, that which is permitted by God’.
- Arabicc. 500–presentحَلَال‘halal, that which is permitted by God’
- Englishearliest quotation 2008halal
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Arabicc. 500–presentحَلَال‘halal, that which is permitted by God’
- Englishearliest quotation 2008halal
Earliest quotation: 2008, Nicholas Drayson, A Guide to the Birds of East Africa: “Is this kosher? I hear you ask. Is it…”
Every English word from Arabic حَلَال
Today it means
adj Allowable, according to Muslim religious customs, to have or do.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Arabic حَلَال / halal