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Arkan name meaning

“cornerstones; fundamental principles”

Letters
5
Syllables
2
First letter
A
Origin
Arabic
Category
Malay Names
Gender
♂ Boy

Malay Names: AMeaning strengthArabic origin

Arkan is a boy's name from Arabic, the plural of rukn, meaning 'cornerstones; fundamentals'.

What does Arkan mean?

Cornerstones; fundamental principles

In Malay: batu penjuru; asas

Sources (2)

About the name Arkan

Arkan is the Arabic plural of rukn, which Wiktionary glosses as corner and cornerstone, and figuratively a fundamental idea or act, as in 'the cornerstones of Islam'. Another spelling is Arkaan.

Gender♂ Boy
OriginArabic
SyllablesAr-kan
First letterMalay Names starting with A
Arabic scriptأركان

Sources

  1. Wiktionary: Wiktionary: ركن · en.wiktionary.org · meaning
  2. Wiktionary: Wiktionary: أركان · en.wiktionary.org · meaning

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