صوك

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

From Proto-Turkic *soŋ (“back, end”).

Adjective

صوڭ • (soñ)

1. final

Noun

صوڭ • (soñ)

1. end, ending
   • 1927 October, Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, Nutuk‎^[1], page 366:

     هر موفقیتسزلكك صوكنده ، بر طاقم دیدی قودیلرك میدان آلمسنه انتظار اولنملیدر.

     Her muvaffakiyetsizliğiñ soñunda, bir takım dedi kodularıñ meydan almasına intizar olunmalıdır.

     In the wake of every failure, an opportunity to spread some gossip must be expected.

Derived terms

• صڭره (soñra, “later, after”)
• صوڭسز (soñsuz, “endless, infinite”)
• صوڭ بهار (soñ bahar, “autumn”)

Descendants

• Turkish: son
• → Armenian: սոն (son)
• → Laz: სონი (soni)

Further reading

• Redhouse, James W. (1890) “صوك”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎^[2], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1193
• Kélékian, Diran (1911) “صوك”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎^[3], Constantinople: Mihran, page 774