gerek

Meaning

Adj

necessary, required

Noun

necessity, requirement

Conj

Used for combining elements of similar function or equivalence, or choosing between multiple things; whether ... or, either … or, both … and, as well as.

Concepts

want

necessary

necessity

needed

occasion

requirement

job requirement

necessitude

important

modal case

inevitable

Synonyms

lazım

ihtiyaç

lâzım

gerekli şey

gereksinim

icap

lüzum

veya

yahut

yaraşır

olmalı

elzem

gerekme

gerekli

gereklilik

Hyphenated as

ge‧rek

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ɟeˈɾec/

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).
Cognates
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

Sentences

Sana bir şey söylemem gerek .

I have to tell you something.

Bunu bilmen gerek .

You need to know that.

İçli dışlı olmak mı gerek böyle ?

Is it necessary to be intimate?

Telaşa gerek yok .

No worries.

Sadece bir tur oylamaya gerek duyuldu.

Only one round of voting was needed.