Dönmeh
English
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editEtymology
editFrom Turkish Dönme, from Ottoman Turkish دونمه (dönme), of a root prefix meaning "turn" or "convert".
Noun
editDönmeh 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
editSabbatean crypto-Jews
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