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gerek

See also: GEREK and gərək

Kedah Malay

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Noun

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gérék

  1. bicycle
    • 2017, Yusrizal Yusof, HITAM‎[3], 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.

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Malay

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Pronunciation

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Verb

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gérék (Jawi spelling ݢيريق)

  1. to bore (to make a hole through something)

Derived terms

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Affixed terms and other derivations

Regular affixed derivations:

Adjective

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gérék (comparative lebih gerek, superlative paling gerek, Jawi spelling ݢيريق)

  1. (Malaysia, Singapore, colloquial) awesome; cool
    • 2007, Mohamed Pitchay Gani Mohamed Abdul Aziz, Evolusi bahasa Melayu: 2000 tahun dari zaman purba ke budaya elektronik‎[4], Penerbit Universiti Pendidikan Sultan Idris, →ISBN, page 106:
      Yang paling tak gerek sekali kalau lupa nak zip seluar.
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)
    • 2014 July 5, Shahida Sarhid, “'Rapper' buka kedai 'barber'”, in Berita Harian‎[5], Mediacorp:
      Mungkin ada yang menganggap macam tak gerek gunting rambut di kedai pak cik.
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)
    • 2022 October 25, Nazirah Nurfatin Jamzuri, “Tiga 'Singapore Idol' bergabung, jayakan konsert Hari Raya berskala besar pertama di Tampines”, in Berita‎[6], 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

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gérék (Jawi spelling ݢيريق, informal 1st possessive gerekku, 2nd possessive gerekmu, 3rd possessive gereknya)

  1. Only used in rumput gerek telinga (Ischaemum aristatum)

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Turkish

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Etymology

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Inherited from Ottoman Turkish گرك (gerek),[1][2] from Old Anatolian Turkish كرك (gäräk), from Proto-Turkic *kẹrgek (“necessity, necessary”),[3] from *kẹrge- (“to need”) ‎ *-k (participle suffix).[4][5]

Cognates

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ɟeˈɾec/
  • Hyphenation: ge‧rek
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Adjective

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gerek

  1. necessary, required
    Synonyms: gerekli, lazım, lüzumlu

Noun

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gerek (definite accusative gereği, plural gerekler)

  1. necessity, requirement
    Synonyms: gereklilik, icap, gereksinim, ihtiyaç

Declension

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Inflection
Nominative gerek
Definite accusative gereği
Singular Plural
Nominative gerek gerekler
Definite accusative gereği gerekleri
Dative gereğe gereklere
Locative gerekte gereklerde
Ablative gerekten gereklerden
Genitive gereğin gereklerin
Possessive forms
Nominative
Singular Plural
1st singular gereğim gereklerim
2nd singular gereğin gereklerin
3rd singular gereği gerekleri
1st plural gereğimiz gereklerimiz
2nd plural gereğiniz gerekleriniz
3rd plural gerekleri gerekleri
Definite accusative
Singular Plural
1st singular gereğimi gereklerimi
2nd singular gereğini gereklerini
3rd singular gereğini gereklerini
1st plural gereğimizi gereklerimizi
2nd plural gereğinizi gereklerinizi
3rd plural gereklerini gereklerini
Dative
Singular Plural
1st singular gereğime gereklerime
2nd singular gereğine gereklerine
3rd singular gereğine gereklerine
1st plural gereğimize gereklerimize
2nd plural gereğinize gereklerinize
3rd plural gereklerine gereklerine
Locative
Singular Plural
1st singular gereğimde gereklerimde
2nd singular gereğinde gereklerinde
3rd singular gereğinde gereklerinde
1st plural gereğimizde gereklerimizde
2nd plural gereğinizde gereklerinizde
3rd plural gereklerinde gereklerinde
Ablative
Singular Plural
1st singular gereğimden gereklerimden
2nd singular gereğinden gereklerinden
3rd singular gereğinden gereklerinden
1st plural gereğimizden gereklerimizden
2nd plural gereğinizden gereklerinizden
3rd plural gereklerinden gereklerinden
Genitive
Singular Plural
1st singular gereğimin gereklerimin
2nd singular gereğinin gereklerinin
3rd singular gereğinin gereklerinin
1st plural gereğimizin gereklerimizin
2nd plural gereğinizin gereklerinizin
3rd plural gereklerinin gereklerinin
Predicative forms
Singular Plural
1st singular gereğim gereklerim
2nd singular gereksin gereklersin
3rd singular gerek
gerektir 		gerekler
gereklerdir
1st plural gereğiz gerekleriz
2nd plural gereksiniz gereklersiniz
3rd plural gerekler gereklerdir

Conjunction

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gerek ... gerek ...

  1. 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

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References

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  1. ^ Redhouse, James W. (1890) “گرك”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎[1], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1539
  2. ^ Kélékian, Diran (1911) “گرك”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎[2], Constantinople: Mihran, page 1021
  3. ^ Clauson, Gerard (1972) “kergek”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 742
  4. ^ 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
  5. ^ Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “gerek”, in Nişanyan Sözlük

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