دونمه
Ottoman Turkish edit
Etymology edit
From دونمك (dönmek, “to turn around”).
Noun edit
دونمه • (dönme)
- an act of turning or returning
- someone converted, apostate, renegate
- Dönmeh, a group of Sabbatean crypto-Jews.
Descendants edit
References edit
- 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 edit
Etymology edit
From Ottoman Turkish دونمه (Dönme).
Noun edit
دونمه • (dunme) (plural دونمگام (dunmegân) or دونمهها (dunme-hâ))
- Dönmeh, a group of Sabbatean crypto-Jews.