اقن

Karakhanid

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Turkic *akïn (“stream”). Related to اَقْماقْ (aqmāq). Cognate with Turkish akın.

Noun

اَقِنْ (aqïn)

1. (geography) stream, sudden rush of water
2. (figuratively) raiding party

References

• Clauson, Gerard (1972) “akın”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 87

Further reading

• al-Kashgarî, Mahmud (1072–1074) Besim Atalay, transl., Divanü Lûgat-it-Türk Tercümesi [Translation of the “Compendium of the languages of the Turks”] (Türk Dil Kurumu Yayınları; 521) (in Turkish), 1985 edition, volume I, Ankara: Türk Tarih Kurmu Basımevi, published 1939–1943, page 77