Etymology

arkan

A1R1K5A1N1

Today it means: The five "pillars", requirements or devotional duties of Islam: shahada, salat, zakat, saum and hajjh. Full definition →

Arabic أَرْكان
Ask AI about its historyChatGPTClaudePerplexityGoogle AIGrok

arkan · noun1

  1. Arabic · borrowed fromأَرْكان
  2. Arabic · borrowed fromأَرْكان
  3. English todayarkan

Borrowed from Arabic أَرْكان (ʔarkān).

arkan · noun2

  1. Crimean Tatar · derived fromarqan“rope”
  2. Turkish · derived fromurgan“lasso, tether”
  3. English todayarkan

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

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.