Etymograph

English

Rakan

Rakan comes from Arabic راكان.

  1. Arabicc. 500–presentراكان"steadfast, strong"
  2. Englishearliest quotation 2025Rakan

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Arabicc. 500–presentراكان"steadfast, strong"
  2. Englishearliest quotation 2025Rakan

Earliest quotation: 2025, Freddie Clayton, Gaza doctor loses 9 children as Israel bears down on war ami: “Yahya, 12, Eve, 9, Rival, 5, Sadeen, 3, Rakan,…”

Today it means

name A male given name from Arabic.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / Arabic راكان / Rakan