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halal, v.|hɑːˈlɑːl| Also hallal. [f. Arab. ḥalāl lawful.] trans. To kill (an animal) in the manner prescribed by Muslim law. Hence halal n., lawful food; also attrib. and as adj.
1855R. F. Burton Personal Narr. Pilgrimage to El-Medinah I. xiii. 377 To ‘halál’ is to kill an animal according to Moslem rites: a word is wanted to express the act, and we cannot do better than to borrow it from the people to whom the practice belongs. 1858W. Jesse tr. Ferrier's Hist. Afghans xxi. 289 They will not eat meat unless it is halal (lawful), that is, the animal must have its face turned towards Mecca, and its throat cut in a particular part of the neck. 1877R. A. Sterndale Seonee 454 Hālāl. Slaughtered according to religious law. 1879F. T. Pollok Sport in Brit. Burmah I. 142 My Mahouts, when they have got down to halal, or cut the throat of a stag, have had a narrow escape. Ibid. 179 The mahouts would not eat the stag as it had not been hallaled, so my Madrass servants and the Burmese had it all to themselves. 1883E. H. Aitken Tribes on my Frontier 167 To allow Peer Khan to make it halal, by cutting its throat in the name of Allah, and dividing the webs of its feet. 1895Daily News 1 June 5/5 The special ‘Halál’ meal, ordained for the I'd [i.e. I'd-uz'zubá Festival] in question, will be provided. 1910Scribner's Mag. Apr. 404/1 Wherever possible the game being hal-lalled in orthodox fashion by the Mahometans. 1952J. Masters Deceivers xvii. 193 So the two black goats died, one in the Mohammedan manner, the halal, and one in the Hindu manner, its head struck off at a single blow. 1966Guardian 9 Dec. 8/6 Nuts, spices, curries, meat (avowedly halal at that!). 1970Listener 9 July 44/2 You can get kosher meat next to halal meat. |