gerekmek

Meaning

1. (intransitive) to be necessary, be needed, be required
2. (auxiliary) to have (to do)

Concepts

need

presuppose

behoove

be necessary

Synonyms

lazım olmak

-malı

-meli

icap etmek

ihtiyacı olmak

zorunda olmak

zorunlu tutmak

ihtiyaç olmak

ihtiyaç duymak

gerekli olmak

borçlu olmak

gereksinimi olmak

gereksinim duymak

gereksinmek

Translations

requerir

precisar

faire besoin

necesitar

devoir

χρειάζομαι

bedürfen

falloir

necessitar

être obligé de

avoir besoin de

haver de

يَحْتَاجُ

nötig sein

brauchen

Etymology

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish: كركمك

Cognate with Old Turkish:

Cognate with Azerbaijani: gərəkmək

In summary

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish كركمك (gerekmek, “to be needful, be necessary, be fitting, be suitable, be lacking”), reflexive of Proto-Turkic *kẹrge- (“to need”). Cognate with Old Turkic [script needed] (kerge-, “to lack, require, need”), Azerbaijani gərəkmək and gərək, see the last for more cognates.