akım

Meaning

  1. streamflow
  2. current
  3. A trend (in various fields or social categories, i. e., arts, politics etc.)

ak

Frequency

C2
Etymology

In summary

By surface analysis, ak- + ım. Coined by Turkish Language Association in 1934 to replace the Arabic borrowing cereyan during the language reform. Cognate with Crimean Tatar aqım, Turkmen akym, Uzbek oqim, Uyghur ئېقىم (ëqim).

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