# كرچك
## Old Anatolian Turkish
### Etymology

From Proto-Oghuz *kẹrtü-ček, a derivation from Proto-Turkic *kẹr-tü. Morphologically [script needed] (gertü) +‎ [script needed] (-cäk).

### Adjective

كِرْچَكْ (gerçäk)
* true, real
* actual, real
* rightful, truthful

#### Descendants

* Azerbaijani: gerçək
* Gagauz: gerçek
* Ottoman Turkish: كرچك (gerçek)
** Turkish: gerçek

### References

* ↑ Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “gerçek”, in Nişanyan Sözlük

### Further reading

* XIII. Yüzyılından Beri Türkiye Türkçesiyle Yazılmış Kitaplarından Toplanan Tanıklarıyle Tarama Sözlüğü (Türk Dil Kurumu yayınları; 212)‎ (in Turkish), Ankara: Türk Dil Kurumu, 1963–1977, page 287

## Ottoman Turkish
### Etymology

Inherited from Old Anatolian Turkish كِرْچَكْ (gerçäk, “true”), from Proto-Turkic *kẹr-tü (“true”). Cognate with Azerbaijani gerçək, Karakhanid [script needed] (kertü), Turkmen gerçek, Yakut кырдьык (kırjık). Also compare Mongolian гэрээ (geree, “agreement”).

### Adjective

كرچك • (gerçek)
* true, real, veritable, factual, conforming to the actual state of reality or fact, factually correct
    Synonyms: حقیقی (hakikî), طوغری (doğrı)
* actual, real, not suppositious, potential or theoretical, really acted or acting, occuring in fact
    Synonym: حقیقی (hakikî)
* true, genuine, authentic, unfaked, not counterfeit, spurious, or false, conforming to reality
    Synonym: حقیقی (hakikî)

### Noun

كرچك • (gerçek) (definite accusative كرچكی (gerçeği), plural كرچكلر (gerçekler))
* truth, reality, veracity, verity, truthful facts, genuine depiction or statements in accord with fact or reality
    Synonyms: حقیقت (hakikat), طوغری (doğrı)
* fact, actuality, something actual as opposed to invented, something which is real and demonstrable
    Synonym: حقیقت (hakikat)

#### Derived terms

* كرچك آدم (gerçek adam, “a true man”)
* كرچك سوز (gerçek söz, “a true word”)
* كرچك چیقمق (gerçek çıkmak, “to turn out true”)
* كرچكجی (gerçekci, “a true man”)
* كرچكدن (gerçekden, “in truth”)
* كرچكلك (gerçeklik, “truth; reality”)
* كرچكلنمك (gerçeklenmek, “to become true”)
* كرچكی سویله‌مك (gerçeği söylemek, “to say the truth”)

#### Descendants

* Turkish: gerçek

### Further reading

* Barbier de Meynard, Charles (1886) “كرچك”, in Dictionnaire turc-français, volume II, Paris: E. Leroux, page 622
* Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “gerçek”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 1685
* Hindoglu, Artin (1838) “كرچك”, in Hazine-i lûgat ou dictionnaire abrégé turc-français‎, Vienna: F. Beck, page 386b
* Kélékian, Diran (1911) “كرچك”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎, Constantinople: Mihran, page 1019
* Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1687) “Verus”, in Complementum thesauri linguarum orientalium, seu onomasticum latino-turcico-arabico-persicum, simul idem index verborum lexici turcico-arabico-persici, quod latinâ, germanicâ, aliarumque linguarum adjectâ nomenclatione nuper in lucem editum‎, Vienna, column 1743
* Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1680) “كرچك”, in Thesaurus linguarum orientalium, Turcicae, Arabicae, Persicae, praecipuas earum opes à Turcis peculiariter usurpatas continens, nimirum Lexicon Turkico-Arabico-Persicum‎, Vienna, column 3907
* Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “gerçek”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
* Redhouse, James W. (1890) “كرچك”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1535