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arkan en · NOUN · etymology 1

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic أَرْكان (ʔarkān).

Meanings

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

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arkan en · NOUN · etymology 2

Etymology

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

Meanings

  1. A Ukrainian folk dance.