كرچك

Old Anatolian Turkish

Etymology

From Proto-Oghuz *kẹrtü-ček, a derivation from Proto-Turkic *kẹr-tü. Morphologically [script needed] (gertü) +‎ [script needed] (-cäk).[1]

Adjective

كِرْچَكْ • (gerçäk)

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

Descendants

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

References

  1. ^ Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “gerçek”, in Nişanyan Sözlük

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 *kẹr-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

Further reading

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