gerekmek

Turkish

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish كركمك (gerekmek, to be needful, be necessary, be fitting, be suitable, be lacking), reflexive of Proto-Turkic *gẹrge- (to need).[1] Cognate with Old Turkic [script needed] (kerge-, to lack, require, need), Azerbaijani gərəkmək and gərək, see it for more cognates.

Verb

gerekmek (third-person singular simple present gerekir)

  1. (intransitive) to be necessary, be needed, be required

Conjugation

Derived terms

  • gerekme
  • gerekiş
  • gereken
  • gerekçe
  • gerekilmek
  • gerektirmek
  • gerekmemek
  • gerekememek
  • gerekebilmek

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
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