gərək

Azerbaijani

Other scripts
Cyrillic ҝәрәк
Roman gərək
Perso-Arabic گرک

Etymology

From Proto-Turkic *gẹrge- (need)[1], whence also Azerbaijani gərəkmək. Cognate with Old Turkic 𐰚𐰼𐰏𐰚 (kergek /kr²gk/)[2].

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɡæræk/, [ˈɡæræj]
  • Hyphenation: gə‧rək

Predicative

gərək

  1. (it is) necessary, it is needed; have to [3]
    Synonym: lazım
  2. should

Derived terms

References

  1. 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
  2. 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
  3. Orucov, Əliheydər, editor (2006), gərək”, in Azərbaycan dilinin izahlı lüğəti [Explanatory Dictionary of the Azerbaijani Language] (in Azerbaijani), volume II, Baku: Şərq-Qərb, page 237a
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