گرك

See also: كرك, گرک, کرک, and گرگ

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology 1

From Proto-Turkic *gẹrgek (needed, necessary), from *gẹrge- (to need).

Noun

گرك • (gerek)

  1. necessity, need, requirement, demand

Adjective

گرك • (gerek)

  1. necessary, required, due

Descendants

  • Turkish: gerek

Noun

گرك • (gürk, gürük)

  1. alternative spelling of گورك (gürk, gürük, pulchritude)
Derived terms
  • گركلو (gürklü, beautiful, fair)

References

  • Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1680) “كرك”, in Thesaurus linguarum orientalium, Turcicae, Arabicae, Persicae, praecipuas earum opes à Turcis peculiariter usurpatas continens, nimirum Lexicon Turkico-Arabico-Persicum, Vienna, columns 3922–3923
  • Zenker, Julius Theodor (1876) “كرك”, in Türkisch-arabisch-persisches Handwörterbuch, volume 2 (overall work in German and French), Leipzig: Wilhelm Engelmann, page 745
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