كرك

See also: گرک, کرک, and گرگ

Arabic

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish كورك (kürk, “fur”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kurk/

Noun

كُرْك • (kurk) m (plural أَكْراك (ʔakrāk))

1. (archaic) a robe of fur, a stuffed mantle, a pelt ferace [16th–20th century]

Declension

Declension of noun كُرْك (kurk)

Singular	basic singular triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	كُرْك kurk	الْكُرْك al-kurk	كُرْك kurk
Nominative	كُرْكٌ kurkun	الْكُرْكُ al-kurku	كُرْكُ kurku
Accusative	كُرْكًا kurkan	الْكُرْكَ al-kurka	كُرْكَ kurka
Genitive	كُرْكٍ kurkin	الْكُرْكِ al-kurki	كُرْكِ kurki
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	كُرْكَيْن kurkayn	الْكُرْكَيْن al-kurkayn	كُرْكَيْ kurkay
Nominative	كُرْكَانِ kurkāni	الْكُرْكَانِ al-kurkāni	كُرْكَا kurkā
Accusative	كُرْكَيْنِ kurkayni	الْكُرْكَيْنِ al-kurkayni	كُرْكَيْ kurkay
Genitive	كُرْكَيْنِ kurkayni	الْكُرْكَيْنِ al-kurkayni	كُرْكَيْ kurkay
Plural	basic broken plural triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	أَكْراك ʔakrāk	الْأَكْراك al-ʔakrāk	أَكْراك ʔakrāk
Nominative	أَكْراكٌ ʔakrākun	الْأَكْراكُ al-ʔakrāku	أَكْراكُ ʔakrāku
Accusative	أَكْراكًا ʔakrākan	الْأَكْراكَ al-ʔakrāka	أَكْراكَ ʔakrāka
Genitive	أَكْراكٍ ʔakrākin	الْأَكْراكِ al-ʔakrāki	أَكْراكِ ʔakrāki

References

• Dozy, Reinhart Pieter Anne (1881) “كرك”, in Supplément aux dictionnaires arabes‎^[1] (in French), volume 2, Leiden: E. J. Brill, pages 457–458
• Dozy, Reinhart Pieter Anne (1845) Dictionnaire détaillé des noms des vêtements chez les arabes‎^[2] (in French), Amsterdam: Jean Müller, pages 382–383

Old Anatolian Turkish

Etymology

From Proto-Turkic *kẹrgek (“needed, necessary”), from *kẹrge- (“to need”).

Predicative

كرك (gäräk)

1. necessary

   XIII^th century [from a XV^th century copy], Ahmed Fakih, Çarhnâme-i Ahmed Fakıh der Bîvefâî-i Rûzigâr; republished as Mecdut Mansuroğlu, editor, Ahmed Fakih. Çarhname, İstanbul: Pulhan Matbaası, 1956, page 8:

   اولوم بر قاپودور كچمك كركدر
   برابر انده سلطانیله چوپان

   Ölüm bir qapudur, gäčmäk gäräkdür
   bärābär anda sulṭān ile čōpān.

        Death is a gate, one has to pass through [it]
        A sultan and a shepherd are equal in it.

Descendants

• Azerbaijani: gərək
• Gagauz: gerek
• Ottoman Turkish: گرك (gerek)
  • Turkish: gerek

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology 1

From Proto-Turkic *gẹrgek (“needed, necessary”), from *gẹrge- (“to need”).

Noun

گرك • (gerek)

1. necessity, need, requirement, demand

Adjective

گرك • (gerek)

1. necessary, required, due

Descendants

• Turkish: gerek

Etymology 2

Noun

گرك • (gürk, gürük)

1. alternative spelling of گورك (gürk, gürük, “pulchritude”)

Derived terms

• گركلو (gürklü, “beautiful, fair”)

Etymology 3

Noun

كرك • (kürek)

1. alternative spelling of كورك (kürek, “shovel; oar”)

Etymology 4

Noun

كرك • (kürk)

1. alternative spelling of كورك (kürk, “fur”)

References

• Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1680) “كرك”, in Thesaurus linguarum orientalium, Turcicae, Arabicae, Persicae, praecipuas earum opes à Turcis peculiariter usurpatas continens, nimirum Lexicon Turkico-Arabico-Persicum‎^[3], Vienna, columns 3922–3923
• Zenker, Julius Theodor (1876) “كرك”, in Türkisch-arabisch-persisches Handwörterbuch, volume 2 (overall work in German and French), Leipzig: Wilhelm Engelmann, page 745