Dönmeh
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Etymology edit
From Turkish Dönme, from Ottoman Turkish دونمه (dönme), of a root prefix meaning "turn" or "convert".
Noun edit
Dönmeh pl (plural only)
- (historical) A group of crypto-Jews in the Ottoman Empire who, to avoid imprisonment after declaring arrival of the doomsday messiah, converted publicly to Islam, but retained their Jewish beliefs in secret.
Translations edit
Sabbatean crypto-Jews
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