önünde sonunda
Turkish
Alternative forms
- önü sonu (colloquial)
- eninde sonunda (nonstandard, now more common)
Etymology
From ön (“front, beginning”) + -ü (possessive suffix) + -(n)de (locative suffix with "n" as buffer consonant) + son (“end, last, furthermost”) + -u (possessive suffix) + -(n)da (locative suffix with "n" as buffer consonant), literally “at the beginning or at the end”.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /œ.nynˈde.so.nun.da/
- Hyphenation: ö‧nün‧de‧so‧nun‧da
Adverb
- (idiomatic) sooner or later, eventually
- Synonyms: er geç, er ya da geç, sonunda, (archaic) evvel ahir
Related terms
- başı önünde
- göz önünde
- önüne arkasına bakmadan
- önüne gelen
Further reading
- “önünde sonunda”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu
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