أركون

Arabic

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ἄρχων (árkhōn, ruler).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʔar.kuːn/

Noun

أَرْكُون • (ʔarkūn) m (plural أَرَاكِنَة (ʔarākina))

  1. (philosophy, Gnosticism) one of the principal and fundamental elements or hypostases that keep together the material world or a personification thereof, archon
  2. (Manichaeism) one of the five hypostases of the Realm of Darkness (the Beast, the Dragon, the Bird, the Fish, and the Lion) that make up the Protodevil and out of which the material world was partially created
    Synonym: عُنْصُر (ʕunṣur, hypostasis)

Declension

Quotations

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