Rukānah
ركانة
Say it ru-KAA-nah
Strength, firm support
At a glance
- Gender
- Boy
- Arabic root
- r-k-n
- Origin
- Arabic
- Found in
- The Companions
- Also spelled
- Rukana, Rukanah
Meaning & source
From r-k-n, strength: the rukn is the strongest side of a thing (Ibn Fāris).
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[ركن] الراء والكاف والنون أصلٌ واحد يدلُّ على قُوَّة.
Who carried this name
- Rukānah ibn ʿAbd Yazīd, the wrestler Ibn Ḥajar al-ʿAsqalānī, al-Iṣābah fī Tamyīz al-Ṣaḥābah, no. 2695 (vol. 2, p. 413)