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)

1. true, real
2. actual, real
3. rightful, truthful

Descendants

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

Further reading

• XIII. Yüzyılından Beri Türkiye Türkçesiyle Yazılmış Kitaplarından Toplanan Tanıklarıyle Tarama Sözlüğü (Türk Dil Kurumu yayınları; 212)‎^[1] (in Turkish), Ankara: Türk Dil Kurumu, 1963–1977, page 287

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

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

Adjective

كرچك • (gerçek)

1. true, real, veritable, factual, conforming to the actual state of reality or fact, factually correct

   Synonyms: حقیقی (hakikî), طوغری (doğrı)

2. actual, real, not suppositious, potential or theoretical, really acted or acting, occuring in fact

   Synonym: حقیقی (hakikî)

3. 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))

1. truth, reality, veracity, verity, truthful facts, genuine depiction or statements in accord with fact or reality

   Synonyms: حقیقت (hakikat), طوغری (doğrı)

2. 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^[2], Vienna: F. Beck, page 386b
• Kélékian, Diran (1911) “كرچك”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎^[3], 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^[4], 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^[5], Vienna, column 3907
• Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “gerçek”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
• Redhouse, James W. (1890) “كرچك”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎^[6], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1535