gərək

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Azerbaijani

Other scripts
Cyrillic ҝәрәк
Abjad گرک

Etymology

From Old Anatolian Turkish گرك (gäräk), ultimately 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]
    • 1927, Qurban Səid, Əli və Nino [Ali and Nino]‎[1]:
      Adam gərək uniforma geysin, yoxsa ruslar ona hörmət etməzlər, rusların hörmətini qazanmasam isə, Nino mənə ərə gəlməz.
      One has to wear a uniform, otherwise the Russians won't respect one, and if I don't earn the respect of the Russians, Nino won't marry me.
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    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