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hal

/hæl/

hal noun: a special temporary state of consciousness, generally understood to be the product of a Sufi's spiritual practices while on his way toward God.

Noun (1)

hal (plural ahwal)

  1. A special temporary state of consciousness, generally understood to be the product of a Sufi's spiritual practices while on his way toward God.

Noun (2) capitalized: HAL

HAL (plural HALs)

  1. (abbreviation, acronym) Acronym of hardware abstraction layer.

Noun (3) capitalized: HAL

HAL

  1. A homicidal computer, an artificial intelligence that acts similarly to the HAL 9000 featured in 2001: A Space Odyssey.

Proper noun (1) capitalized: HAL

HAL

  1. (India, abbreviation, initialism) Initialism of Hindustan Aeronautics Limited.

Proper noun (2) capitalized: Hal

Hal (plural Hals)

  1. A diminutive of the male given names Henry, Harold and Harry.
    • I prethee, good Prince Hal, help me to my horſe, good Kings ſonne.c. 1597 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The First Part of Henry the Fourth, […]”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and...

hal meaning in Bengali and Odia

hal in Bengali

হাল, হ্যাল

hal in Odia

ହାଲ୍, ହାଲ

Forms of hal

Noun
pluralahwal
alternative formhaal
pluralHALs
Proper noun
pluralHals

Origin of hal

Arabic حَال (ḥāl, literally “state, condition”)

From the fictional HAL 9000.

A diminutive lambdacism of Harry (compare Sally from Sarah and Moll from Mary).

Words formed from hal

Words that rhyme with hal

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Questions about hal

What does hal mean?
Hal means a special temporary state of consciousness, generally understood to be the product of a Sufi's spiritual practices while on his way toward God.
What is hal in Bengali?
Hal in Bengali is হাল, হ্যাল. See Hal meaning in Bengali.
What part of speech is hal?
Hal can be a noun or a proper noun.
How do you pronounce hal?
Hal is pronounced /hæl/.
What is the plural of hal?
The plural of hal is ahwal.

Words near hal in the dictionary

  1. hakurei
  2. hakureis
  3. Hakusan
  4. hakwon
  5. hakwons
  6. hal
  7. hal'd
  8. hala
  9. Hala'ib
  10. halaal
  11. Halab

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: hal (page history and authors); HAL (page history and authors); Hal (page history and authors); hal (Bengali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); hal (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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