Dönmeh

English

Alternative forms

• Donmeh, Dönme, Donme, Dunmeh

Etymology

From Turkish Dönme, from Ottoman Turkish دونمه (dönme), of a root prefix meaning "turn" or "convert".

Noun

Dönmeh pl (plural only)

1. (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

Sabbatean crypto-Jews

• Arabic: دُونْمَة (dūnma)
• Bulgarian: Дьонме (Djonme)
• Catalan: Dönme, Dönmeh
• French: Dönme
• German: Dönme
• Greek: Ντονμέ (Ntonmé)
• Hebrew: דוֹנְמֶה
• Hindi: दोनुमा (donumā), दूनुमा (dūnumā)
• Italian: Dunmeh, Dönmeh
• Persian: دونمه (dunme)
• Polish: Donmeh, Dönme
• Portuguese: Dönme, Dönmeh, Doenmeh, Dunmeh
• Russian: Дёнме (Djónme)
• Spanish: Dönmeh
• Urdu: دونمہ (dūnma)
• Yiddish: דענמע (denme)

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