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Kedah Malay
Noun
gérék
- bicycle
2017, Yusrizal Yusof, HITAM, Buku Fixi, →ISBN, page 131:"Depa pun kayuh gerek macam kita tiga orang ni lah," sambung Tam.- "They're also riding bicycles like us three," continued Tam.
References
Malay
Pronunciation
Verb
gérék (Jawi spelling ݢيريق)
- to bore (to make a hole through something)
Derived terms
Affixed terms and other derivations
Regular affixed derivations:
Adjective
gérék (comparative lebih gerek, superlative paling gerek, Jawi spelling ݢيريق)
- (Malaysia, Singapore, colloquial) awesome; cool
2007, Mohamed Pitchay Gani Mohamed Abdul Aziz, Evolusi bahasa Melayu: 2000 tahun dari zaman purba ke budaya elektronik, Penerbit Universiti Pendidikan Sultan Idris, →ISBN, page 106:
2014 July 5, Shahida Sarhid, “'Rapper' buka kedai 'barber'”, in Berita Harian, Mediacorp:
2022 October 25, Nazirah Nurfatin Jamzuri, “Tiga 'Singapore Idol' bergabung, jayakan konsert Hari Raya berskala besar pertama di Tampines”, in Berita, Singapore: Mediacorp, archived from the original on 25 October 2022:"Konsert ini sangat 'gerek' sebab sudah dua tahun tidak dapat menonton konsert dan mereka menampilkan artis legenda seperti Fuad Rahman dan ketiga-tiga Singapore Idol dan saya juga peminat besar Iskandar Ismail," kongsi Encik Fahd.- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Noun
gérék (Jawi spelling ݢيريق, informal 1st possessive gerekku, 2nd possessive gerekmu, 3rd possessive gereknya)
- Only used in rumput gerek telinga (Ischaemum aristatum)
Further reading
Turkish
Etymology
Inherited from Ottoman Turkish گرك (gerek), from Old Anatolian Turkish كرك (gäräk), from Proto-Turkic *kẹrgek (“necessity, necessary”), from *kẹrge- (“to need”) + *-k (participle suffix).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɟeˈɾec/
- Hyphenation: ge‧rek
Adjective
gerek
- necessary, required
- Synonyms: gerekli, lazım, lüzumlu
Noun
gerek (definite accusative gereği, plural gerekler)
- necessity, requirement
- Synonyms: gereklilik, icap, gereksinim, ihtiyaç
Declension
Conjunction
gerek ... gerek ...
- Used for combining elements of similar function or equivalence, or choosing between multiple things; whether ... or, either … or, both … and, as well as.
- Synonyms: kâh ... kâh, hem ... hem ...
1938, Cumhuriyet Halk Partisi, On beşinci yıl kitabı, Cumhuriyet Matbaası, page 394:...gerek ölçüsüz yapılan iskânlar ve gerek memleket dahilinde olan göçler...- ...both the extravagant settlements and the immigrations within the nation...
1935, Cumhuriyet Halk Partisi, Büyük Kurultay, C.H.P. Dördüncü Büyük Kurultayı görüşmeleri tutulgası, 9-16 Mayıs 1935, Ulus Basımevi, page 228:Gerek bu maddeyi, gerek Kültür bakanlığına aid maddeleri diğer arkadaşlarla ... sabaha kadar müzakere ettik.- We discussed this article as well as the articles related to the Culture ministry with the other colleagues till morning.
Derived terms
Related terms
References
- ^ Redhouse, James W. (1890) “گرك”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1539
- ^ Kélékian, Diran (1911) “گرك”, in Dictionnaire turc-français, Constantinople: Mihran, page 1021
- ^ Clauson, Gerard (1972) “kergek”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 742
- ^ Starostin, Sergei, Dybo, Anna, Mudrak, Oleg (2003) “*gẹrge-”, in Etymological dictionary of the Altaic languages (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.8), Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill
- ^ Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “gerek”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
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