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أَرْكُونٌ

Root: ركن

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أَرْكُونٌ A great دِهْقَان, i. e. headman, or chief, of a village or town: [app. from the Greek ἄρχω ν; though it is said that] he is thus called because the people of the village or town trust to him and incline to him.
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