arkan

A1R1K5A1N1

noun

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

OriginArabic أَرْكان →
UncommonScrabble 9
Ask AI about this wordChatGPTClaudePerplexityGoogle AIGrok

Meanings

arkan1

nounarkan pl (normally plural, singular rukn)

singular rukn

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

arkan2

noun
  1. A Ukrainian folk dance.

Synonyms & antonyms

Also see
five pillars

Origin

arkan · noun

  1. Arabicأَرْكان
  2. Arabicأَرْكان
  3. Englisharkan

Borrowed from Arabic أَرْكان (ʔarkān).

More words from Arabic

Full word history & related roots →

arkan · noun

  1. Crimean Tatararqan“rope”
  2. Turkishurgan“lasso, tether”
  3. Englisharkan

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

More words from Turkish, Crimean Tatar

Full word history & related roots →

Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

KaranKarnarakanNarka
Cite this entry
APA

arkan. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/arkan

MLA

“arkan.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/arkan. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “arkan,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/arkan.

Source: arkan on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.