arkan

Meaning

Noun

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

Origin

(Islamic term) Borrowed from Arabic أَرْكان.
(dance) from Turkic languages: "lasso", "tether" (:tr:urgan), "rope" (arqan)

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