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Azerbaijani
Etymology
From Old Anatolian Turkish گرك (gäräk), ultimately from Proto-Turkic *kẹrge- (“need”),[1] whence also Azerbaijani gərəkmək. Cognate with Old Turkic 𐰚𐰼𐰏𐰚 (kergek /kr²gk/).[2]
Cognates
Bashkir кәрәк (kərək),
Turkmen gerek,
Tatar кирәк (kiräk),
Uyghur كېرەك (kërek),
Chuvash кирлӗ (kirlĕ),
Kazakh,
Kyrgyz,
Nogai,
Shor,
Karakalpak
Karachay-Balkar
Khakas, and
Kumyk керек (kerek),
Crimean Tatar and
Khalaj kerek,
Uzbek kerak,
Tuvan херек (xerek).
Compare also the Turkish verb Turkish gerekmek.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): ,
- Hyphenation: gə‧rək
Predicative
gərək
- (it is) necessary, it is needed; have to
1927, Qurban Səid, Əli və Nino [Ali and Nino], archived from the original on 27 May 2019:
2014 December 18, 101.az:Rusiyanın böhrandan çıxması üçün 2 il gərəkdir.- Russia needs 2 years to come out of the crisis.
2018 November 15, 101.az:
- Synonym: lazım
- should
2017 February 13, Modern.az:
- Gərək səni tapam. ― I should find you.
Derived terms
References
- ^ 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
- ^ Abuseitova, M. Kh, Bukhatuly, B., editors (2008), “𐰚𐰼𐰏𐰚”, in TÜRIK BITIG: Ethno Cultural Dictionary, Language Committee of Ministry of Culture and Information of Republic of Kazakhstan