كرك

كرك

See also: گرك‎, گرک‎, کرک‎‎, and گرگ‎‎

Arabic

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kurk/

Noun

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

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 ʾakrāk	الْأَكْراك‎ al-ʾakrāk	أَكْراك‎ ʾakrāk
Nominative	أَكْراكٌ‎ ʾakrākun	الْأَكْراكُ‎ al-ʾakrāku	أَكْراكُ‎ ʾakrāku
Accusative	أَكْراكًا‎ ʾakrākan	الْأَكْراكَ‎ al-ʾakrāka	أَكْراكَ‎ ʾakrāka
Genitive	أَكْراكٍ‎ ʾakrākin	الْأَكْراكِ‎ al-ʾakrāki	أَكْراكِ‎ ʾakrāki

References

• Dozy, Reinhart Pieter Anne (1881), “كرك”, in Supplément aux dictionnaires arabes (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 (in French), Amsterdam: Jean Müller, pages 382–383

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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 اندهسلطانیله 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

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Ottoman Turkish

Noun

كرك • (kürek)

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

Noun

كرك • (kürk)

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

Adverb

كرك • (gerek)

1. Alternative spelling of گرك‎ (gerek, “necessity”)