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hal¹

Where it comes from

Borrowed from Arabic حَال (ḥāl, literally “state, condition”).

noun ahwal · haal

  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.

Hal²

  • /hæl/
  • /hɑl/
  • /hɔl/
  • /hɔːl/

Sounds like hall (some accents), hell (celery-salary merger) · Rhymes with -æl

Where it comes from

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

proper noun 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.

HAL³

noun HALs

  1. abbreviation, acronym Acronym of hardware abstraction layer

HAL⁴

Where it comes from

From the fictional HAL 9000.

noun

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

HAL⁵

proper noun

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

HAL⁶

noun HALs

  1. abbreviation Abbreviation of hot allostatic load You see white trans women targeted because white trans women are usually the sizeable creators. Trans women of color face the same HAL shit but less visibly and usually with more tangible consequences.

verb HALs · HALing · HALed

  1. abbreviation Abbreviation of hot allostatic load When you say that Anarchist and Socialist Christians are sus, just remember this is who you're HALing.

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: halle, thin, valenciennes, fish, hall, hai, hello, status, situation, circumstance, state, condition, case, position, posture, shape

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@misc{hal_2026,
  title = {hal},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/hal},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}