# gerek
## Kedah Malay
### Noun

gérék
* bicycle
** 2017, Yusrizal Yusof, HITAM‎, 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.

### References

* “gerek” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.

## Malay
### Pronunciation

* (Johor-Riau) IPA: /ɡe.reʔ/, [ɡeɾeʔ̚]

### Verb

gérék (Jawi spelling ݢيريق)
* to bore (to make a hole through something)

#### Derived terms

Regular affixed derivations:
* bergerek-gerek [reduplication + stative / habitual] (redup + beR-)
* penggerek [agentive / qualitative / instrumental / abstract / measure] (peN-)
* menggerek [agent focus] (meN-)
* menggerekkan [agent focus + causative benefactive] (meN- + -kan)

### Adjective

gérék (comparative lebih gerek, superlative paling gerek, Jawi spelling ݢيريق)
* (Malaysia, Singapore, colloquial) awesome; cool
** 2007, Mohamed Pitchay Gani Mohamed Abdul Aziz, Evolusi bahasa Melayu: 2000 tahun dari zaman purba ke budaya elektronik‎, 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, 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, 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

gérék (Jawi spelling ݢيريق, informal 1st possessive gerekku, 2nd possessive gerekmu, 3rd possessive gereknya)
* Only used in rumput gerek telinga (Ischaemum aristatum)

### Further reading

* “gerek” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.

## Turkish
### Etymology

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish گرك (gerek), from Old Anatolian Turkish كرك (gäräk), from Proto-Turkic *kẹrgek (“necessity, necessary”), from *kẹrge- (“to need”) +‎ *-k (participle suffix).
* Azerbaijani gərək
* Bashkir кәрәк (kərək)
* Karakhanid كَرَكْ, كَرَاكْ (gerek, geräk)
* Kazakh керек (kerek)
* Kyrgyz керек (kerek)
* Nogai керек (kerek)
* Northern Kurdish gerek
* Southern Altai керек (kerek)
* Tatar кирәк (kiräk), kiräk
* Turkmen gerek
* Uyghur كېرەك (kërek)
* Uzbek kerak

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ɟeˈɾec/
* Hyphenation: ge‧rek
* Audio:(file)

### Adjective

gerek
* necessary, required
    Synonyms: gerekli, lazım, lüzumlu

### Noun

gerek (definite accusative gereği, plural gerekler)
* necessity, requirement
    Synonyms: gereklilik, icap, gereksinim, ihtiyaç

#### Declension
### Conjunction

gerek ... gerek ...
* 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

* gerek görmek
* gerekçe
* gerekli
* gerekli
* gereklilik
* gerekmek
* gereksinim
* gereksinmek
* gereksiz

#### Related terms

* gedik
* gereç
* gez
* kertmek

### References

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

### Further reading

* “gerek”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu
* Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “gerek¹”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 1687