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arkan.

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

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Meaning & usage

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

    plural · plural-normally
Where this word comes from

Borrowed from Arabic أَرْكان (ʔarkān).

noun
  1. A Ukrainian folk dance.

Where this word comes from

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

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Last enriched 2026-09-10. Definitions are in English. Romanizations are shown when supplied by the source; syllable estimates are omitted for unsupported scripts.