No. 193 in Turkish
sona
"End" or "finish."
In a sentence
Yarışın sona erdiğini heyecanla ilan etti.
He excitedly announced that the race had ended.
Here, 'sona' is used in the phrase 'sona ermek' which means 'to come to an end,' functioning idiomatically in this context.
Felsefi tartışmaların nihayet bir sona ulaştığını hayal ettik.
We imagined that the philosophical debates had finally reached an end.
In this sentence, 'sona' refers to 'an end' or 'a conclusion,' representing a point of termination.
Filmin sona saklanan sürprizi herkesi şaşırttı.
The surprise kept for the end of the movie astonished everyone.
In this example, 'sona' denotes 'the end' of a sequence, specifically the conclusion of the movie.
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