گرك

See also: كرك, گرک, کرک, and گرگ

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

• Turkish: gerek

Etymology 2

Noun

گرك • (gürk, gürük)

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

Derived terms

• گركلو (gürklü, “beautiful, fair”)

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^[1], 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