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haleem

haleem noun: a stew-like dish traditionally consisting of wheat, mutton, spices, and other ingredients, popular in the Middle East, Central Asia, and the Indian subcontinent.

Noun

haleem (usually uncountable, plural haleems)

  1. (usually) A stew-like dish traditionally consisting of wheat, mutton, spices, and other ingredients, popular in the Middle East, Central Asia, and the Indian subcontinent.
    • The 24-hour Kababish […] has a few booths set before a steaming buffet of hearty north Indian and Pakistani dishes, notably a thick, stewy, slow-cooked haleem made from wheat, mutton, lentils, and spice; grilled charga chicken sprinkled with garam masala; and goat curry.2006 September 22, Mike Sula, “How to Eat Ethnic”, in Chicago Reader
    • Sizzling kebabs, delicious kheer and the ever popular haleem -it's a clear sign that Ramadan sure brings with it a culinary awakening. At the same time, Ramadan is all about discipline and faith.2016 June 16, Nandita Ravi, “Fast and feast responsibly this Ramadan!”, in The Times of India, archived from the original on 25 Feb 2017

haleem meaning in Hindi, Urdu, Bengali and Punjabi

haleem in Hindi

a Middle-Eastern stew-like dish
हलीम halīm

haleem in Urdu

a Middle-Eastern stew-like dish
حلیم halīm

haleem in Bengali

a Middle-Eastern stew-like dish
হালিম halim

haleem in Punjabi

a Middle-Eastern stew-like dish
ਹਲੀਮ halīm
More languagesFewer languages
haleem in Gujarati
હલીમ halīm
haleem in Arabic
حَلِيم ḥalīm
haleem in Persian
حلیم halim, گندمبا gandom-bâ

Forms of haleem

pluralhaleems
alternative formdaleem
alternative formhalim

Origin of haleem

Borrowed from Arabic حَلِيم (ḥalīm).

Questions about haleem

What does haleem mean?
Haleem means a stew-like dish traditionally consisting of wheat, mutton, spices, and other ingredients, popular in the Middle East, Central Asia, and the Indian subcontinent.
What is haleem in Hindi?
Haleem in Hindi is हलीम (halīm). See Haleem meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is haleem?
Haleem is a noun.
What is the plural of haleem?
The plural of haleem is haleems.

Words near haleem in the dictionary

  1. halecostomes
  2. halecret
  3. halecrets
  4. haled
  5. Haledon
  6. haleem
  7. haleems
  8. Haleiwa
  9. Halekulani
  10. Halen
  11. haleness

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: haleem (page history and authors); હલીમ (Gujarati) (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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