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gerek.

necessary, required

5 characters2 syllables approx.Türkçe language

Meaning & usage

adj/ɟeˈɾec/

  1. necessary, required

    Yarın erken kalkmam gerek.
Where this word comes from

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish گرك (gerek), from Old Anatolian Turkish كَرَكۡ (gäräk), from Proto-Turkic *kẹrgek (“necessity, necessary”), from *kẹrge- (“to need”) + *-k (participle suffix). Cognates Azerbaijani gərək Bashkir кәрәк (käräk) Karakhanid كَرَكْ, كَرَاكْ (gerek, geräk) Kazakh керек (kerek) Kyrgyz керек (kerek) Nogai керек (kerek) Northern Kurdish gerek Southern Altai керек (kerek) Tatar кирәк (kiräk), kiräk Turkmen gerek Uyghur كېرەك (kërek) Uzbek kerak

conj/ɟeˈɾec/

  1. Used for combining elements of similar function or equivalence, or choosing between multiple things; whether ... or, either … or, both … and, as well as.

Where this word comes from

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish گرك (gerek), from Old Anatolian Turkish كَرَكۡ (gäräk), from Proto-Turkic *kẹrgek (“necessity, necessary”), from *kẹrge- (“to need”) + *-k (participle suffix). Cognates Azerbaijani gərək Bashkir кәрәк (käräk) Karakhanid كَرَكْ, كَرَاكْ (gerek, geräk) Kazakh керек (kerek) Kyrgyz керек (kerek) Nogai керек (kerek) Northern Kurdish gerek Southern Altai керек (kerek) Tatar кирәк (kiräk), kiräk Turkmen gerek Uyghur كېرەك (kërek) Uzbek kerak

noun/ɟeˈɾec/

  1. necessity, requirement

Where this word comes from

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish گرك (gerek), from Old Anatolian Turkish كَرَكۡ (gäräk), from Proto-Turkic *kẹrgek (“necessity, necessary”), from *kẹrge- (“to need”) + *-k (participle suffix). Cognates Azerbaijani gərək Bashkir кәрәк (käräk) Karakhanid كَرَكْ, كَرَاكْ (gerek, geräk) Kazakh керек (kerek) Kyrgyz керек (kerek) Nogai керек (kerek) Northern Kurdish gerek Southern Altai керек (kerek) Tatar кирәк (kiräk), kiräk Turkmen gerek Uyghur كېرەك (kërek) Uzbek kerak

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