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Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Turkic *akïn (“stream”). Related to اَقْماقْ (aqmāq). Cognate with Turkish akın.
Noun
اَقِنْ (aqïn)
- (geography) stream, sudden rush of water
- (figuratively) raiding party
References
- Clauson, Gerard (1972) “akın”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 87
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