dhabihah

English

Alternative forms

dhabiha, zabeeha, zabiha, zabihah, dhabīḥah

Etymology

From Arabic ذَبِيحَة (ḏabīḥa, “slaughtered animal”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /zəˈbiːhə/, /ðəˈbiːhə/

Noun

dhabihah (uncountable)

(Islam) The prescribed Islamic method of ritual slaughter of animals to produce halal meat, consisting of a swift, deep incision with a sharp knife on the throat, cutting the jugular veins and carotid arteries of both sides but leaving the spinal cord intact.

Translations

dhabihah

Danish: halalslagtning c
Japanese: ザビーハ (zabīha)
Malagasy: sombily (mg)

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