دونمه

See also: دونمة and دونمہ

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

From دونمك (dönmek, “to turn around”).

Noun

دونمه • (dönme)

1. an act of turning or returning
2. someone converted, apostate, renegate
3. Dönmeh, a group of Sabbatean crypto-Jews.

Descendants

• Turkish: Dönme
• → Arabic: دُونْمَة (dūnma)
• → Persian: دونمه (dunme)
• → Urdu: دونمہ (dūnmā)

References

• Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1680) “دونمه”, in Thesaurus linguarum orientalium, Turcicae, Arabicae, Persicae, praecipuas earum opes à Turcis peculiariter usurpatas continens, nimirum Lexicon Turkico-Arabico-Persicum‎^[1], Vienna, columns 2195–2196
• Redhouse, James W. (1890) “دونمه”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎^[2], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 929

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish دونمه (Dönme).

Noun

دونمه • (dunme) (plural دونمگام (dunmegân) or دونمه‌ها (dunme-hâ))

1. Dönmeh, a group of Sabbatean crypto-Jews.