Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

arkan

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.63 in modern English

Syllables: arkan
IPA

9

Scrabble Score

5

Letters

1

Syllables

4

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

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

noun

A Ukrainian folk dance.

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic أَرْكان (ʔarkān).

Origin

Source language: Turkish

Word Breakdown

Root: urgan, arqan

Inflected Forms

rukn (singular)

Questions

What does arkan mean?: The five "pillars", requirements or devotional duties of Islam: shahada, salat, zakat, saum and hajjh.
Where does arkan come from?: It is traced to Turkish.

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