كرك

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See also: گرک, کرک, and گرگ

Arabic

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish كورك (kürk, “fur”).

Pronunciation

Noun

كُرْك • (kurk) m (plural أَكْراك (ʔakrāk))

  1. (archaic) a robe of fur, a stuffed mantle, a pelt ferace

Declension

Declension of noun كُرْك (kurk)
Singular basic singular triptote
Indefinite Definite Construct
Informal كُرْك
kurk 		الْكُرْك
al-kurk 		كُرْك
kurk
Nominative كُرْكٌ
kurkun 		الْكُرْكُ
al-kurku 		كُرْكُ
kurku
Accusative كُرْكًا
kurkan 		الْكُرْكَ
al-kurka 		كُرْكَ
kurka
Genitive كُرْكٍ
kurkin 		الْكُرْكِ
al-kurki 		كُرْكِ
kurki
Dual Indefinite Definite Construct
Informal كُرْكَيْن
kurkayn 		الْكُرْكَيْن
al-kurkayn 		كُرْكَيْ
kurkay
Nominative كُرْكَانِ
kurkāni 		الْكُرْكَانِ
al-kurkāni 		كُرْكَا
kurkā
Accusative كُرْكَيْنِ
kurkayni 		الْكُرْكَيْنِ
al-kurkayni 		كُرْكَيْ
kurkay
Genitive كُرْكَيْنِ
kurkayni 		الْكُرْكَيْنِ
al-kurkayni 		كُرْكَيْ
kurkay
Plural basic broken plural triptote
Indefinite Definite Construct
Informal أَكْراك
ʔakrāk 		الْأَكْراك
al-ʔakrāk 		أَكْراك
ʔakrāk
Nominative أَكْراكٌ
ʔakrākun 		الْأَكْراكُ
al-ʔakrāku 		أَكْراكُ
ʔakrāku
Accusative أَكْراكًا
ʔakrākan 		الْأَكْراكَ
al-ʔakrāka 		أَكْراكَ
ʔakrāka
Genitive أَكْراكٍ
ʔakrākin 		الْأَكْراكِ
al-ʔakrāki 		أَكْراكِ
ʔakrāki

References

Old Anatolian Turkish

Etymology

From Proto-Turkic *kẹrgek (“needed, necessary”), from *kẹrge- (“to need”).

Predicative

كرك (gäräk)

  1. necessary
    XIIIth century [from a XVth century copy], Ahmed Fakih, Çarhnâme-i Ahmed Fakıh der Bîvefâî-i Rûzigâr; republished as Mecdut Mansuroğlu, editor, Ahmed Fakih. Çarhname, İstanbul: Pulhan Matbaası, 1956, page 8:
    اولوم بر قاپودور كچمك كركدر
    برابر انده سلطانیله چوپان
    Ölüm bir qapudur, gäčmäk gäräkdür
    bärābär anda sulṭān ile čōpān.
         Death is a gate, one has to pass through
         A sultan and a shepherd are equal in it.

Descendants

  • Azerbaijani: gərək
  • Gagauz: gerek
  • Ottoman Turkish: گرك (gerek)

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

Etymology 2

Noun

گرك • (gürk, gürük)

  1. alternative spelling of گورك (gürk, gürük, “pulchritude”)
Derived terms

Etymology 3

Noun

كرك • (kürek)

  1. alternative spelling of كورك (kürek, “shovel; oar”)

Etymology 4

Noun

كرك • (kürk)

  1. alternative spelling of كورك (kürk, “fur”)

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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