Türkiye Soyadları A sourced dictionary of Turkish surnames

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Özakıncı

Özakıncı /øzakɯnˈd͡ʒɯ/ ASCII Ozakinci

“true raider”1

Letters / syllables
8 / 4
Formation
Compound
Vowel harmony
mixed
Initial
Ö
Contents§1–§10
  1. §1Pronunciation
  2. §2Meaning
  3. §3Root tree
  4. §4Formation & 1934
  5. §5Name family
  6. §6Notable people
  7. §7Abroad
  8. §8Sources
  9. §9Questions
  10. §10Related

How do you pronounce Özakıncı?

Özakıncı

IPA /øzakɯnˈd͡ʒɯ/

The stress usually falls on syllable 4 (marked). In everyday Turkish, stress in surnames varies by speaker and region.

What does the surname Özakıncı mean?

Built from öz ‘genuine’ and akıncı: ‘true raider’. An akıncı was an Ottoman light cavalryman who raided enemy lands; the word is akın ‘raid’ with -cı. Akın, according to Nişanyan, comes from Old Turkic aḳın ‘flood, raid’, from ak- ‘to flow’.1

Grammar öz + akıncı (akın + -cı).

That Özakıncı goes back to öz and akın is probable rather than proven: the dictionary entry cited supports it.

What is Özakıncı made of?

Özakıncı breaks into 2 parts: öz (öz: genuine) + akıncı (akıncı: raider, light cavalryman).

Özakıncı + first element öz öz: genuine TURKIC öz “own; genuine” root akıncı akıncı: raider, lightcavalryman TURKIC akın “flood, raid” Özakıncı öz first element öz: genuine öz TURKIC “own; genuine” akıncı root akıncı: raider, light cavalryman akın TURKIC “flood, raid”
Özakıncı: parts and root words
  • öz Turkic — own; genuine1
  • akın Turkic — flood, raid1

How was the name Özakıncı formed?

Özakıncı belongs to the “compound” class of surnames (öz + akıncı).

Which surnames are related to Özakıncı?

Özakıncı Akın Akıncı Akıncıoğlu Akınlı Akçakın Akınözü Özakın
Circle area shows the number of bearers; dashed circle: no national count published. Solid line: same root; dashed line: same affix.
#SurnameRelationRankPeople
01 Akın same root – –
02 Akıncı same root – –
03 Akıncıoğlu same root – –
04 Akınlı same root – –
05 Akçakın same root – –
06 Akınözü same root – –
07 Özakın same root – –

Who are some well-known people named Özakıncı?

  1. Gözde Özakıncı researcher
  2. Hilal Özakıncı researcher

People surnamed Özakıncı as recorded in Wikidata, ordered by the number of Wikipedia language editions.

How is Özakıncı written and pronounced abroad?

In English-language and other foreign records the name is usually written Ozakinci.

Where do these facts come from?

  1. 1 Sevan Nişanyan Nişanyan Sözlük: akıncı accessed 8 November 2026
  2. 2 Wikimedia Foundation Wikidata: people with this family name accessed 8 November 2026
  3. 3 T.C. Resmî Gazete / Mevzuat Bilgi Sistemi (mevzuat.gov.tr) Soyadı Kanunu (Kanun No. 2525) accessed 8 November 2026
  4. 4 T.C. Resmî Gazete / Mevzuat Bilgi Sistemi (mevzuat.gov.tr) Soyadı Nizamnamesi (Bakanlar Kurulu Kararı 2/1759) accessed 8 November 2026

Common questions about Özakıncı

Q1

What does the surname Özakıncı mean?

Built from öz ‘genuine’ and akıncı: ‘true raider’. An akıncı was an Ottoman light cavalryman who raided enemy lands; the word is akın ‘raid’ with -cı. Akın, according to Nişanyan, comes from Old Turkic aḳın ‘flood, raid’, from ak- ‘to flow’.
Q2

What is the origin of the surname Özakıncı?

The root word of Özakıncı is öz (Turkic): “own; genuine”.
Q3

How do you pronounce Özakıncı?

Ö·za·kın·cı, 4 syllables; IPA: /øzakɯnˈd͡ʒɯ/.