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halalah

halalah is the alternative form of halala.

Meaning of halala

Noun (1)

halala (plural halalas)

  1. A wedlease (temporary marriage) to a stranger undertaken prior to remarriage to an ex, that is to make the remarriage halal, or the woman halala f to marry.
    • Since remarriage is not permitted after three divorces, they arrange Halala with some one, that is, on the condition that he divorces her, the next day after marriage.1972, Ahmad Said, Fear of hell: translation of Dozakh ka khatka

Noun (2)

halala (plural halalas)

  1. A monetary unit of Saudi Arabia equal to one hundredth of a riyal.
    • This is annoying, but the difference in price is only a few halalas and arguing, in my experience, is pointless.1996, Gordon Robison, Arab Gulf States: Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia & the United Arab Emirates

Forms of halalah

pluralhalalahs

Questions about halalah

What is halalah the alternative form of?
Halalah is the alternative form of halala.

Words near halalah in the dictionary

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  4. Halal syndrome
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  9. halalball
  10. halalchor
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Adapted from Wiktionary: halalah (page history and authors); halala (page history and authors). 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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