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arkan

arkan noun: the five "pillars", requirements or devotional duties of Islam: shahada, salat, zakat, saum and hajjh.

Noun (1)

arkan pl (normally plural, singular rukn)

  1. (plural, plural-normally) The five "pillars", requirements or devotional duties of Islam: shahada, salat, zakat, saum and hajjh.

Noun (2)

arkan

  1. A Ukrainian folk dance.

Forms of arkan

singularrukn

Origin of arkan

Borrowed from Arabic أَرْكان (ʔarkān).

From Turkic languages: Turkish urgan (“lasso, tether”), Crimean Tatar arqan (“rope”).

Questions about arkan

What does arkan mean?
Arkan means the five "pillars", requirements or devotional duties of Islam: shahada, salat, zakat, saum and hajjh.
What part of speech is arkan?
Arkan is a noun.

Words near arkan in the dictionary

  1. Arkadia
  2. Arkadian
  3. Arkadians
  4. Arkadzii
  5. Arkadziy
  6. arkan
  7. Arkancide
  8. Arkansa
  9. Arkansan
  10. Arkansans
  11. Arkansas

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