arkan

== English == === Etymology 1 === Borrowed from Arabic أَرْكان (ʔarkān). ==== Noun ==== arkan pl (normally plural, singular rukn) (Islam) The five "pillars", requirements or devotional duties of Islam: shahada, salat, zakat, saum and hajjh. === Etymology 2 === From Turkic languages: "lasso", "tether" (tr:urgan), "rope" (arqan). ==== Noun ==== arkan A Ukrainian folk dance === Anagrams === Karna, Narka == German == === Etymology === Borrowed from Latin arcanus. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [aʁˈkaːn] Hyphenation: ar‧kan === Adjective === arkan (strong nominative masculine singular arkaner, not comparable) arcane ==== Declension ==== === Further reading === “arkan” in Duden online == Polish == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈar.kan/ Rhymes: -arkan Syllabification: ar‧kan === Etymology 1 === Borrowed from Turkic. ==== Noun ==== arkan m inan lasso, lazo (long rope with a sliding loop on one end, generally used in ranching to catch cattle and horses) Synonym: lasso ===== Declension ===== === Etymology 2 === Borrowed from Ukrainian арка́н (arkán). ==== Noun ==== arkan m inan arkan (popular circle dance of the Ukrainian Hutsul people (from Hutsulshchyna, southwestern Ukraine)) ===== Declension ===== === Further reading === arkan in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN arkan in Polish dictionaries at PWN arkan in PWN's encyclopedia