Dönmeh en · NOUN
Etymology
From Turkish Dönme, from Ottoman Turkish دونمه (dönme), of a root prefix meaning "turn" or "convert".
Meanings
- (historical, plural, plural-only) 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.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dunmeh | alternative | lexicographic | |
| Dönme | alternative | lexicographic | |
| Donme | alternative | lexicographic | |
| Donmeh | alternative | lexicographic |
Translations (23)
ar دُونْمَة (Sabbatean crypto-Jews) · it Dunmeh (Sabbatean crypto-Jews) · hi दूनुमा (Sabbatean crypto-Jews) · pt Dunmeh (Sabbatean crypto-Jews) · yi דענמע (Sabbatean crypto-Jews) · hi दोनुमा (Sabbatean crypto-Jews) · ur دونمہ (Sabbatean crypto-Jews) · de Dönme (Sabbatean crypto-Jews) · el Ντονμέ (Sabbatean crypto-Jews) · fa دونمه (Sabbatean crypto-Jews) · he דוֹנְמֶה (Sabbatean crypto-Jews) · bg Дьонме (Sabbatean crypto-Jews) · es Dönmeh (Sabbatean crypto-Jews) · ru Дёнме (Sabbatean crypto-Jews) · pl Donmeh (Sabbatean crypto-Jews) · fr Dönme (Sabbatean crypto-Jews) · pl Dönme (Sabbatean crypto-Jews) · ca Dönme (Sabbatean crypto-Jews) · pt Dönme (Sabbatean crypto-Jews) · ca Dönmeh (Sabbatean crypto-Jews) · pt Doenmeh (Sabbatean crypto-Jews) · pt Dönmeh (Sabbatean crypto-Jews) · it Dönmeh (Sabbatean crypto-Jews)